UNCLENCH YOUR JAW

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How To: Remedy Why Being a Single Woman Feels Like a Chronic Illness
As Ethel Cain puts it tragically in Strangers, ‘I tried to be good. Am I no good?’. No doubt a question that swamps the mind of the chronically single…
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Pre-Teen Memories & Throwing Stones
9-12 were our gloriously awkward years.
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Patio Thoughts: The Emotional Intelligence Gap
I can't reassure silence.
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Stop Looking In The Mirror: Happiness Is Not There
I have wasted my time and the shame is sharp.
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Frankly My Dear, Women Don’t Like You Either
A short masterpiece of text messages by my girls and I on “MEN”.
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I Followed You To The End
Clouded with thought after an hour at Tracey Emin's latest exhibition.
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Treading Water in St George's Bay
I'm treading water and not making any progress towards the shore.
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A Note To My 17-Year-Old Self
You weren't a bad person. You needed a hug.
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15
I'll Look For You In Shadows on the Woodland Floor When Spring Comes Around
A poem on learning grief.
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Rotting Figs
A short scene, a nod to Plath's novel 'The Bell Jar'.
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A Conversation On Perfume and Other Things
A short scene written to be read. Two people sit opposite each other and deal with the reality of their lives apart.
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UNCLENCH YOUR JAW
UNCLENCH YOUR JAW
A reminder that your teeth shouldn't be touching unless you're eating.
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