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Tag: Kristiana Reed
How to be a woman – Kristiana Reed
smile pray for king and country legs spread wide cook, clean track your cycle against the moon ready for baby no.2 get on your knees and seek… Read more “How to be a woman – Kristiana Reed”
Girlhood – Kristiana Reed
she’s the tough girl. soft girl. doesn’t get involved girl. the too much girl. yet never enough girl. smile girl. what are you laughing at girl? cry… Read more “Girlhood – Kristiana Reed”
Pretty Skinny – Kristiana Reed
We say skinny like it’s a swear word. We blame skinny girls, ask who ate the skinny girl and can’t bear the skinny girl who says anything… Read more “Pretty Skinny – Kristiana Reed”
Confessions – Kristiana Reed
I talk to myself, no more, no less, than anybody else I’m sure. I apply makeup in the morning for the people in my imagination. In… Read more “Confessions – Kristiana Reed”
Running Home – Kristiana Reed
I’m walking home holding my house key pointing down, between two fingers. A weapon because the sun has set the street lamps are on and I’m… Read more “Running Home – Kristiana Reed”
Review of For You, Rowena (Kindra M. Austin) – Kristiana Reed
Austin made a gorgeous debut with Magpie in August so when asked to read and review For You, Rowena I was filled with excitement and trepidation. I… Read more “Review of For You, Rowena (Kindra M. Austin) – Kristiana Reed”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Window and Walls
The rubble lies before her, prostrate and submissive, chalky remains of her defences, soft rock and twenty-year old bricks. This was her fortress, her safe place and… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Window and Walls”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/To Blaze
These women didn’t rescue voices to watch you bow out of this life and the next, the weight of shame and scandal sinking you to their knees… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/To Blaze”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Learning to Braid
Years of painstaking practice had taught her fingers to interweave three strands of hair, into one cohesive thread. Just like how she’d penciled birthdays into her mind.… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Learning to Braid”
Whisper and the Roar 