“You Don’t Owe Them Shit” – a letter to a Creative Person
It’s time we debunk the myth that upkeeping a mental illness is the key to creativity.
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A Review of FATHER FUCKER [an essay on girlhood]
A review of Sara Melleri’s new piece “Father Fucker”, a performance of female coming of age under the veil of modern day patriarchy.
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Ode to Athlete Lesbians
Maybe we call ourselves athlete lesbians
because neither of us
will ever give up rubbing clit
with the burn of lactic acid in our forearms.
The Fear – Or, I Got Punched In The Face By A Teenager And It Was Kinda Awesome
A punch in the face, turns out, can be an unexpected blessing in disguise.
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Processing Brexit: Feeling like a second-class citizen in the only home I’ve ever known
You’ve been hearing about it the whole past week. Our writer unloads post-Brexit feels as an EU national who’s been living in the country for 15 years.
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Home, Away and In-between
“Navigating the World as a Finn” is an essay series by our editor, which explores one decade’s worth of adventures and anxieties abroad – as a Finn.
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A Personal Essay to Apply for a Career in Finland
One woman’s struggle to find employment as an educated scriptwriter in Finland.
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