Woman, Eating
Did she model the Alysha beneath the masks and façades that every one of us wears, or did she model the masks too, the person Alysha tried to be whenever anyone was watching? Even the cracksman who’d made her hadn’t been able to give a certain answer to that. A mixture of the two, he’d said. The person she presented to the world, the parts she want
... See moreSam Peters • From Darkest Skies
the cut - june 11 - 2024What If Motherhood Isn’t Transformative at All?
We’re often told that becoming a parent will alter one’s identity. For me, the change never came.
By Anastasia Berg, editor of the Point
Art: March Avery, Evening Reading, 1972/© 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Courtesy of the artist, Private Collection, and BLU
... See morePeople here cannot conceive of worlds where dæmons are a silent voice in the mind and no more. Can you imagine my astonishment, in turn, at learning that part of my own nature was female, and bird-formed, and beautiful?
Philip Pullman • His Dark Materials: The Complete Collection: now a major BBC TV series
The midwife says I should include a lot of whole grains and oily fish in my diet. I nod a silent lie to her over my blue notes, because I know these things will make me want to throw up from a very dark and deep place inside me.