Words by Stefanie Ferguson and Florence Reeves-White For centuries women have been called ‘hysterical’. From Salem to the Suffragettes, women’s feelings have been invalidated and ridiculed in the name of silencing them. The ‘psycho ex’ trope is repeatedly cemented in public discourse, with the bunny boiler in ‘Fatal Attraction’ providing an iconic example of how…
Words by Maddy Bloxham Why?The question I ask myself weekly,daily,hourly. I look at you, up at your mesmerising facewhich I lose myself inI look again because I can’t pull my gaze away.one more lookand I’m still conscious and confused. Why do you choose to look at me?There’s no part of melet alone my face,for you…
In a tale all too frequently told — in an age of throwaway culture and dismal divorce rates — my father left the family home when I was a baby, and responsibility for my care was left to my mother. Alone with a boisterous bundle of snot and incontinence, who had a stubborn unwillingness to…
FEMME FATALES 