by Anon There are five boys who have been significant to me over the years. Wow I sound like that Netflix girl who sent the letters. I say boys, because their actions do not reflect the behaviour of men. The first two – users. The third, just didn’t like me back. The fourth – unfaithful, […]
The First Date I was running late to meet Henry. It was a hot evening in June, and I’d taken far too long getting ready, as usual. I’d had to run for the bus, and could feel beads of sweat forming on my upper lip, threatening to ruin the make up I’d spent so long […]
It was dark when I woke up. I surveyed the room. Empty pizza boxes lay discarded on the floor next to my single bed. On my desk, piles of work had been pushed aside to make room for a half empty bottle of gin and some cheap lemonade. Every dish I owned was piled high […]
by Amy I still remember the first day I arrived in Cambridge, nearly seven years ago now, wandering around in a daze as I filled out forms and moved remnants of my old life from my parents’ car to my new room. It all felt surreal yet at the same time exciting, with a healthy […]
I heard about him before I met him. It was the summer of 2015. I was at Latitude Festival, working as a steward – you know, those people who stand round in hi-vis jackets, pointing you towards the right stage. We’d work for free at as many festivals as we could, in exchange for the […]
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I had drunk far too much already. I was on a night out with my mum, a book launch at Waterstones Piccadilly. Two white feminists sat in armchairs on stage – on the author, the interviewer opposite a mate, probably – and gushed over the glass-ceiling-smashing book. I write this of course with hindsight; at […]
Not All Men 