Weekly Roundup: Mass Shootings, Prime Minister Boris, and Saudi Feminism
Back to back mass shootings in the USA Yesterday, it was reported that there had been a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, with 20 killed and at least two dozen injured. This morning, it was reported that 9 people were killed in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. The suspect in the El Paso shooting [&helli
Dirty Laundry
Decode the skin cells on the back of the bras you hooked and unhooked Monday to Friday excavate a jumper and seduce a coil of hair from wool like unstitching a tapestry – notice how this is a small history of things that stopped you from being naked There is a hidden knowledge in veiling […
We Only Want The World To Live
It’s true WE ONLY WANT THE WORLD TO LIVE But its pirouette proves endless. And once again the floor finds me fallible. It is strange […]
The New Face of Resistance
In the last week of June 2019, Stormzy became the first Black British solo artist to headline Glastonbury festival. In a politically charged performance, he paused during his track ‘Vossi Bop’, and allowed the crowd to finish his lyrics – ‘I could never die, I’m Chuck Norris’. They c
Migraines
Routine. It starts with the little finger. Nibble, And another. Its small serrated teeth confuse you at first – Maybe not again. Its rugged tongue is insistent Chaw at my sphinx nose Claws sink into flesh I now know – no speaking Unless you want words that sound like blood Eroding cliff,
Kaddish
The word Obu is warm and round. This is how it sounds. It is warm to go with my mother’s hands and the lines on her face. I just felt so much love! My mother says. She spreads both hands and waves them around. It was a giant love. She also uses both […]
Lethe
On the second day you will not care for the news. Like a child you will play: tearing away the cross word puzzle and forgetting the old country with your gaze pointed at the painted sunlight of the dayroom. You will remember the sixth day most of all because you will have an answer; [&hel
‘Independence’ Day
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, s
Tory Crimes Against Cinematography
As this glorified JCR election of a Tory leadership contest heaves its way into a second month, the nation will be treated to the unedifying public spectacle of two Oxford alumni flirting with the Conservative Party membership. It’s all a bit Love Island, for retired bigots. However, if you swallo