Tag: Feminist lit mag
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POEM — To Breathe
She began to breathe deliberately in an attempt to exert some control She began to breathe deliberately in an attempt to exert some control She began to breathe deliberately in an attempt to exert some control she paced the kitchen, walking around the table bumping her hip against the back of the…
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Radio Airplay, Female Representation — Cutting the Backstory and Jumping into History
So, to cut out all backstory – I was pissed. I was beyond pissed. After listening to the local radio station play a ‘Tribute to the Ladies’ for the better part of EIGHT hours, you’d think they could have slid in a couple of songs that were by, you know, female artists. Especially seeing as…
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FICTION — The Gynecological Adventures of Patient X
“Those stirrups are pretty cold, you’d think you guys’d figure out a way to warm things up by now.” “Scooch down please.” “Uh huh, and the gowns – they gotta go. Hardly high fashion.” I twist in the industrial-sized sheet of paper towel straining to cover my torso in a thin attempt at modesty, while…
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FLASH FICTION — Miso Soup
He writhed at the first touch of the razor’s blade. He became particularly frenzied when the handmaidens were threshing his pubic hair. So much so that we had to warn him to be still, lest the acuity remove his sex altogether. All in good time, we’ll take this nice and slow. Our preparations were…
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ESSAY — War of the Words
Ed. Note — This essay was added in light of the recent Women’s Marches against Trump, because although we at Twisted Sister believe that although sometimes actions speak louder than words, words — and ideas — are often what drive people to action in the first place. * Stuff sells. Somebody out there wants to buy whatever…
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Twisted Sister – New Year, New Voices
Welcome to Twisted Sister – we’re ringing in the New Year by celebrating some new voices around here – newbies, we welcome you with open arms. (We were going to call it the ‘Twisted Sister — Virgin Issue’ but we thought we’d go with the New Year’s theme, because we’re classy like that.) Twisted Sister…
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Twisted Sister — All Lady-Writer Round-Up
Image credit — Kyle Hemmings Welcome to Twisted Sister, a place for feminist horror and dark fantasy, and as much as we advocate a balanced approach to all things, we want to take a moment to spotlight the ladies around here. (You can check out our Greatest Hits list below.) In our editorial discussions, we…
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FICTION — Thinner
Ponderous bulk, Elizabeth thought as she looked in the mirror. The weight hung heavy on her frame, slabs of flesh dangling from her arms, thighs that swayed while she walked. Disgusting, really. And her face, she thought as she squinted in the mirror – her face, that was the real shame. Once an attractive…
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POEM — She Danced
It came undone the rules broken tumbling out of place, chaotic beauty streaming. Up rose the great and the small flew to where… Dark met light when the gateway crumbled. He ran Trying To put Everything Back in Order. But the strings had torn, the connections severed, death became life, every moment singular. And so…
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POEM — On Women Who Run With Wolves
you talk too loud too much all the time it’s your way or no way argumentative understates your everything you are a control freak determined to emasculate the men in your life and so she turned inward spoke in low tones tamped her intellect you crave the bizarre indulging your body in grotesqueries allowing many…
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