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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
What are the things that have been given to you? Our first theme of 2022 will be INHERITANCE. Submissions close Friday 21st January. Read More
2 years ago
To celebrate publication of Tools for Surviving a Storm, we discuss nature, writing and women, and chat with author of the collection Nadia Henderson. Read More
2 years ago
By Nadia Henderson
Nadia Henderson didn’t set out to write about climate change with Tools for Surviving a Storm, but a collection about nature would feel incomplete without it. Read More
2 years ago
By Jess Costello
Explore the grounding power of breath and the many tiny miracles that exist in existing. Read More
2 years ago
By Anna Kerr
An imagining of idealised love – safe, soft and sun-kissed. Read More
2 years ago
By Dominique Gracia
Step onto Medusa's island with Dominique Gracia's retelling, in which her island refuge itself turns men to stone. Read More
2 years ago
By Scarlett Ward
Scarlett Ward's poem explores the necessity of retreating, specifically as a woman. TW: assault Read More
3 years ago
By Naomi Wood
Naomi Wood reflects on all the ways we are encouraged to retreat, and how we persist, regardless. Read More
3 years ago
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