Catherine Lee 10/17/22 Catherine Lee 10/17/22

Love Not: 1 Plus 1 = 0

Logic and alpha-maleness stifle the potential for love in this poem by San Antonio poet, Catherine Lee

Hannah Norris 10/17/22 Hannah Norris 10/17/22

Hackles

Hannah Norris’ poem explores the discomfiting bizarreness of male behavior towards women in public spaces

Bianca Grace 9/13/21 Bianca Grace 9/13/21

In English Class, I Wrote This Poem

New in milk & vodka, this poem by Bianca Grace shows a girl learning to channel and name her patriarchal rage. With art by Zahra Mohamadi

Laura Evers 8/2/21 Laura Evers 8/2/21

Three Poems

New in our milk & vodka column, a trio of crashing, biting, tender poems by Laura Evers on womanhood

Lorelei Bacht 8/2/21 Lorelei Bacht 8/2/21

The Visitant

A subtle piece of free verse by Lorelei Bacht thinks about making a life and losing a life

Neetha Kurup 7/11/21 Neetha Kurup 7/11/21

Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran: A Poignant Reflection on Women’s Voices in Iran

New in our b-roll column, Bangalore-based writer Neetha Kurup reviews Iranian director Farbod Ardebili’s new short film, which comments on the heavy metal scene, feminism, voicelessness, and disability within Tehran

Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha 6/6/21 Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha 6/6/21

Poet Rabha Ashry on ‘loving the alien’, Black Sunflowers, and Playing Foreigner

Winner of the 2020 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, Rabha Ashry probes her different identities, navigating Arabness, queerness and more, in her chapbook “loving the alien”, published by UK’s first crowdfunded poetry press Black Sunflowers. Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha reviews her poems and talks to Ashry about her process and practice

Vamika Sinha 9/2/19 Vamika Sinha 9/2/19

ode to kali

“in my language, काली means darkgirl or / the divine feminine” – a lyrical acknowledgment to female power and guidance, by Vamika SInha.

Samantha Neugebauer 2/5/19 Samantha Neugebauer 2/5/19

We Take What We're Given

A powerful personal essay by Samantha Neugebauer about self-image, weight, travel, love, and body positivity.

Nada Al Mosa 12/3/18 Nada Al Mosa 12/3/18

The Phases of Identity: A Digital Art Series

This digital art series examines Nada Al Mosa’s personal chronological issues with identity, regarding femininity and the standards in place for what womanhood is expected to be presented as a Muslim Arab.

S K Garcia 12/3/18 S K Garcia 12/3/18

The Mantids' Debt

New in milk & vodka, S K Garcia uses natural imagery of flowers and the Venus flytrap to make a commentary on sex and power.

Zoe Jane Patterson 12/3/18 Zoe Jane Patterson 12/3/18

Home(town) Boys

New in milk & vodka, Zoe Jane Patterson unfurls the smothering of vulnerability in young boys, the “bros”of her hometown.

Vamika Sinha 11/5/18 Vamika Sinha 11/5/18

Thank u, next

“Pop music is not always a site for frivolity. The breathy, celestial flutterings of Grande's music are also a safe space, not only for herself, but for all her fans and listeners” – a feminist op-ed by Vamika Sinha.