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“Meditations on Water (Ode to Escambia)” by Stella Meadows

Posted on March 5, 2021

I didn’t always know I was a woman. That’s one of the myths – that every trans person knows it from Day One. I guess I knew from pretty early […]

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“Unleashed” by Catherine Zickgraf

Posted on February 22, 2021

I clutch Dad’s oak tree leg. He reads the congregation my pre-baptism testimony. Seems myheart rejects sin, especially finger-painting my bedroom during Sunday naptime. But I’ll convertagain for another church […]

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“Transformations” by David Henson

Posted on February 5, 2021

Mom’s breathing was shallow, her skin rough, hair green. I glanced up and saw my father, Fred, checking his phone as his wife of almost 40 years transformed. Fred and […]

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woman leaning back in a chair with her hand touching the grass

“Little Gem Magnolia” by Paul Rabinowitz

Posted on January 15, 2021

I In an old cafe on Frenchmen Street in The Faubourg Marigny, a ceiling fan churns, throwing dust into the eyes of an old painting of Madame Rose Nicaud. A […]

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“Self Portrait as Woman with Scarf” by Paul Rabinowitz

Posted on September 28, 2020

I have no hair atop my head but if I did it would be like yours and I’d wash it  brush it out and take care of it and on […]

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“Death and Mercy” by Kim Malinowski

Posted on June 29, 2020

She wasn’t a phoenix, but she knew ash. She painted herself with coals, with cinders. War paint disguising the woman of the woods. She felt knighted,  unable to cry out […]

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“Pink” by Izzy Martens

Posted on December 9, 2019

The small pink tube is pressed into the palm of my right hand. I am flicking the lid with my thumb, finding satisfaction in the incessant beat of the lever […]

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“Night” by Chestina Craig

Posted on February 19, 2018

I have been raised to fear my footfalls in the dark to be a walking skirt is to sacrifice safety, sway like an open gate for danger. but I collect […]

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“Skin” by Chestina Craig

Posted on January 15, 2018

SKIN is the bodies first line of defense. our metal shell wrap-around  sometimes,  your body can confuse fortress for prison, my mother is able to show me exactly where  the […]

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“War Paint” by Linda Imbler

Posted on December 18, 2017

Tonight the battle will begin. But first, as the concealer smooths across my eye folds, I picture her breathlessly saying hello to him, always making sure to say his name […]

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“Girl” by Chestina Craig

Posted on July 25, 2016

I used to think girl meant pink meant birthday cake roses wilting for safety & always use your inside voice but sometimes it means shout and they will still ignore […]

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“4 AM Girl” By Matthew Maichen

Posted on November 23, 2015

She wanders through the streets past midnight. They assume it’s too dangerous for her. It isn’t because anyone who would harm her is asleep. She, on the other hand, is […]

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“One Girl” by Ellen Webre

Posted on October 19, 2015

One girl bakes a hundred cupcakes and gives them away for free. One girl wastes perfectly good eggs on a car. One girl’s dog gets fat from all the junk […]

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