Tag: writing

  • It started with a cheek pinching Italian neighbour…

    Non-consensual touch started young for me. I had to kiss or hug my uncles and aunties when I saw them… and, because ‘she meant well’ and ‘it’s how she is’, it was okay for my Italian neighbour to pinch my cheeks – hard! Fortunately for me, while those things were happening, I was also experiencing…

  • Did Someone Say Orgasms are a Survival Tool?

    A 3-minute read Yesterday, I planned today like it was going to run as if it were a well-oiled machine. It did not. By 9.45am I was sitting across town in my car crying. I put a Simon Sinek “8 Minute Call” text out to my bestie. That 16-minute conversation (I talk a lot!) made things a…