I wonder why they brought me here, leaving me to rot in this odious jail My biggest crime: wanting justice and basic human rights India’s …
Untitled by Danielle Taylor
This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. “What do you think you’re doing?” …
Words by Veronica Tyler
There were so many words. She could feel them thick in the air, fluttering over her skin and getting tangled in her hair People passing …
Untitled by Tiferet Schafler
I didn’t begin piano for pleasure. In fifth grade, math was my nemesis, an unremitting struggle. I felt myself a free spirit, not to be …
Je suis libre de mon corps #2 by Meghana Mysore
when she was a child, she used to draw pictures of bodyless women, stacked on the page like books stacked on a shelf. neat and …
Self-Experiment #1: The Best People in Life Are Free
Growing up as someone who belongs to the female gender — specifically one who is part of a tight-knit and old-fashioned culture — I was simply raised …
Adventure Is Life by Clara Addari
The following was written for Germ’s May Writing Challenge. While I sit here the only thing I can think of is how much it is …
Water Is Weight by Chance Walsh
The guilt is on the rocks, I’m washing up to shore, so sure the impact will crush my bones and I’ll be asleep once more. …
Free the Girls!
“What if we gave the average woman the opportunity to partner with women who have been rescued from human trafficking?” — Free the Girls Co-Founder Dave …