“you want to keep

the blood and the milk hidden

as if the womb and breast

never fed you”

~ rupi kaur
@rupikaur_
https://rupikaur.com/
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Art: Kat Shaw Artist
Kat Shaw Artist
@katshawartist

“I call them:
my sisters, goddesses and the moon.
I tell them they glow more radiant
with each passing spring and monsoon.

We have loved each other through the pain, through the forests of crueler hearts
and refused to tear each other apart,
even though we were all taught in subtle ways
from an early age
to hate one another.

We defy it by naming each other holy.
Defend one another with a primal fury.
Tell ourselves, our daughters and our mothers,
together, we will write better stories to tell.
Oceans to love.
Skies to fly.”

~ Nikita Gill, The Women I Know
Nikita Gill

Art: Kendra Hirons
Kendra Hirons