known feminist dealings
Feminist perspectives part 2
by May G N
BEING PLACED AGAINST YOUR WILL INTO SITUATIONS YOU HATE BUT UNDERSTAND.
A HOLOGRAM OF A JELLYFISH FLICKERING, AND RELATING TO THAT FLICKERING.
CURATION AS A DEFENCE MECHANISM RATHER THAN A MODE OF PRESENTATION.
POSTING YRSELF NAKED ON YR INSTAGRAM AS A FORM OF RESISTANCE.
UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY OF SIX HOUR TRIPS, THERE AND BACK.
GRAPPLING WITH JEALOUSY AGAINST THE WISHES OF OTHERS.
BALANCING EXPOSURE AND THE SECRETS OF THE ARCANE.
RECOGNIZING AND DISARMING NOTIONS OF SUPERIORITY.
RELATING MORE TO BODIES OF WATER THAN BLUE JEANS.
STRETCHING BLACK NYLON OVER YOUR 6' 3” 245 LB BODY.
PROVIDING LIFE GIVING STRUCTURES WHEN POSSIBLE.
ARMPIT HAIR SELFIES OR BEING NAKED IN GENERAL.
THERE IS NO COMFORT IN ABSOLUTES ANY LONGER.
YOU NOTICE SINISTER PATCHES OF QUIET OFTEN.
DECOUPLING FROM NOTIONS OF HARD BUT FAIR.
STARING AT SCREENS AND AT OTHERS INTENTLY.
BUSTING THE FUCK OUT AS A SOUND STRATEGY.
RELATING TO THE IDEA OF SOFT BUT UNFAIR.
BEGINNING AND ENDING AT YOUR LEISURE.
FUNCTIONAL TRANSNESS IN SMALL TOWNS.
CLOTHING IS AN ARMOUR, NOT A PROMISE.
ACTUALIZATION AS POPULAR OPINION.
WALKING AWAY AS A SOUND STRATEGY.
NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE.
KINDNESS IS SECOND TO SHARPNESS.
ASK THEM THEM HOW THEY FEEL.
FINDING OTHERS WHEN YOU CAN.
LISTEN THERE AND LISTEN HERE.
SITTING IN A FIELD IN LATE FALL.
CRYING, BUT NOT FOR NOTHING.
LINGERING TOUCHES ALL OVER.
WRECKING HOUSE, OR HOUSES.
FIGHT CURRENT, GOOD WARS.
KNOWING SCARED SAD DOGS.
USING POETRY AS A SCALPEL.
GENTLENESS IN HINDSIGHT.
RE-FRAMING YOUR PAIN.
AT NIGHT, YOU WONDER.
HUNGER AS METHOD.
GRINDING YR TEETH.
HONOUR PAST WARS.
KNOWING NOTHING.
LOVING YOUR PAIN.
KNOWING YOU.
KNOWN FEMINIST DEALINGS by May G N is Blasted Tree original creative nonfiction.
Feature Image by Kyle Flemmer