Shut up!’ I shouted. ‘Why can you not see that my desire to be rid of you has nothing to do with feistiness or women’s problems or fear of being caught, but has everything to...

In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding through the frantic beating in my breast. It is there in the dry terror in my throat, in the pricking of the...

I am not light nor the absence of it. I am the broad spectrum. Everything that makes you think, want to touch, or taste. Don’t box me into that life that you so desperately need...

My painful memories sift through me like sand through stretched fingers. Only small pieces cling and stay around for me to keep, the rest just disappear. I know not where and I don’t

She was a predator – a creature of the night who rejoiced in the thrill of the hunt.

I’ve succumbed to the absolute power of the man that pulls, culls, calls my unwitting submission. And I’ve embraced the power of my submission to draw him in further, to have him kneeling and worshiping...

I’ve done some soul searching… Looked deep within myself, ya know? I’ve reached the conclusion that ‘Fuck You!’ is my spirit animal, and some mother fuckers are going to pay. You can help me or...

Because that means you’re thinking, and a thinking woman is usually something to fear.

I’m not, you piece of shit. Now, I’m running at you.

I missed her smile…the way she would roll her eyes when she thought I was being ridiculous…the quiet way she almost tiptoed when she walked that gave her away as a ballerina…the fact that she...

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him.

You are so much like her.”This is something my mother often says and never explains. Though it is a great mystery to me it is also a blessing, for she always hurries from the room...

And Mother, I love her dearly, but she flies into a panic whenever I mention women’s rights. As she sees it, it will be so much more difficult to marry me off if I am...