The sixth poem selected by our guest editor Jessie Joe Jacobs is about sexual abuse, and it's like a punch to the gut... Seriously When I said Make yourself at home I didn’t mean Do to my daughter What you do to your wife
Tag: patriarchy
Ways Not To Treat Women by Tracey Scott-Townsend
A strong and wide-reaching feminist poem for our fifth selection by guest editor Jessie Joe Jacobs! Ways not to treat Women For enjoying a book too much Refuse to educate them In case men can’t satisfy them Genitally mutilate them If they get pregnant unmarried Take their babies away For suffering postpartum depression Electric shock … Continue reading Ways Not To Treat Women by Tracey Scott-Townsend
Guest editor alert!!
Hello folks, please join me in welcoming the first of three guest editors for this blog! Jessie Joe Jacobs is an amazing women - activist, campaigner, charity leader, writer and passionate Teessider! Please visit her website to find out more about the amazing things she's been involved with, including founding A Way Out charity, and … Continue reading Guest editor alert!!