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The final letter
Ten years ago, we started up a platform to provide a space for women to share their writing. Today, we’re announcing our Dear Damsels chapter has come to an end. Read More
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The Rules of Commuting
What do you do if someone inappropriately touches you in public, on your way to work? How do you speak up when a thousand other social rules are at play? Janelle Hardacre's short fiction asks just that. Read More
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The DD Annual 2017/18
The new DD Annual is now available to buy – featuring some of our favourite pieces from throughout the year, accompanied by beautiful photography. Read More
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The February Letter
Dear Damsels, The theme for February is SECRETS. Tightly held, softly whispered, the promise-not-to-tells that tie one person to another. We’re entrusted with it. We swear… Read More
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It All Comes Down to This
What does it mean to be powerful as a woman? Lou Ramsay discusses the emotional and the acceptable in a brilliant essay to open 2018 on DD. Read More
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The December Letter
Dear Damsels, Your theme for December is TRACE. It’s what we leave behind. Imprints and impressions on people, places and objects, declaring that yes, I have… Read More
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Lost Connection
Jessica Patient is searching for a signal in her poem on connection in the digital age. Read More
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What Remains
Let the intimate and strange nature of Jess Glaisher's atmospheric short story envelope you. Read More
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