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Dear Damsels is Changing
Dear Damsels, Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More
Dear Damsels, Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More
Tyler is a writer based in Chesterfield, UK. She is currently studying MA Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. Her work has appeared in various journals, including Perhappened, Serotonin, Orange Blush and more. Read More
Rebecca is a writer, journalist and sub editor, with work in Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Mslexia and many other publications. She grew up in the west of Ireland, and now lives in London. Read More
Gesii Bleu is a tri-air sign writer/gardener residing in the Pacific Northwest. She’s been published in print with Many Voices, One DU, and online with Genre Urban Arts, For Women Who Roar and Harness Magazine. She has been telling stories since she was old enough to speak, a gift from… Read More
Jennifer writes fiction, reviews and personal essays exploring the body, gender, pain and disability, and art. Her work has most recently appeared in Luna Luna Magazine, Artsy, and The Debutante. She is a member of resting up collective, a group of disabled and chronically ill creatives. Read More
Naomi Marklew is a writer based in Durham in the North of England. Her work has appeared in print and online in various publications, including Amethyst Review, Selcouth Station, -algia, Streetcake and The Aesthetic Directory. Read More
Team DD is usually Abby, Bridie, or both of us. Visit our About page to find out more. Read More
Naomi is a performance artist merging circus performance with storytelling and has an MA in Creative Writing. She creates pieces that incite riotous acts of joyful disobedience celebrating empowerment and rebellion. She teaches a creative writing workshop at The Feminist Bookshop and has a first collection called This is a… Read More
Kerry is the founder of Write like a Grrrl, which offers creative writing courses for women & NB in partnership with For Books’ Sake in the UK. Kerry’s Write like a Grrrl courses are now taught all over the world and Kerry has facilitated workshops across the UK,… Read More
Safa Maryam is a 22-year-old daydreamer, sunset admirer, and medical student (in decreasing order of success). She started storytelling when she was 5 and first turned to poetry to make sense of her feelings at the age of 13. She lives in England and in addition to reading and writing… Read More
Originally from London, Nadia moved to rural North Sweden in the Spring of 2020 to pursue her dream of writing full-time. An alumna of For Books’ Sake’s Write Like A Grrrl and Comma Press Short Story courses, Nadia’s work explores themes such as nature, motherhood, love and loss, sometimes weaving… Read More
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