The Narrated Woman

The Narrated Woman

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It's not the feelings that are hard
On using your feelings as information, and the alphabet no one taught us.
May 17 • Alice Stephenson
You don't mean 'tired'
On the placeholder women reach for because the real thing would take too long to say.
May 15 • Alice Stephenson
You only feel the day once it's over
On the relief that arrives when you stop, and what its size tells you.
May 14 • Alice Stephenson
Why The Narrated Woman?
Naming what most women carry without yet having the words.
May 13 • Alice Stephenson
You're the only one who knows
On the work that's invisible until it stops.
May 12 • Alice Stephenson
The first two pancakes
Mum guilt, even when I'm getting it right.
May 11 • Alice Stephenson
Female over-achiever in your 40s? We need to talk.
It looks like you're fine. That's the problem.
May 9 • Alice Stephenson
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