Poem: Wild And Windswept
I am taught by these women
fortunate enough to have had them raise me
whether in my house or oceans away
across time
Archive for authorAlita Dharmaraj
Alita is 22 and doesn't know who she is yet but it's all good because the rains are here and she's reading a really good book.
Book Review – “Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience” By Anuradha Bhagwati
As I read this book, I was shaken; recognising myself in characters/people I didn’t particularly like and realising things about my own securely held beliefs is not a comfortable feeling (albeit a necessary one). It encouraged me, gently but firmly, to step out outside my worldview to digest what it means to serve your country.
Deficit
I have been told to be less so many times – be less big, be less loud, be less intimidating, be less of so much. I have been less so many times.
Hayley Kiyoko Can’t Get Me Outta This Funk
The queer girl’s reality is all expectation and inevitable let-down. Like a bad rollercoaster. Or someone telling you something is “super spicy” and it isn’t.
