The Butcher
“I say it now and a hundred time, I was laying there on the bed. With a big light on top of me, the anaesthetist was behind me. And he bent over and whispered into my ear, ‘I’m going to take your clitoris’.” – Carolyn Dewaegeneire, Australia 2015 “I say it now and a […]…
Fog
“When I saw those four little words I knew, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder there was no there way out. I couldn’t deny what Sef had, I could see my life end because I didn’t know how I would cope with this knowledge. Denial became a mantra, no, no, no. I was in a fog, […]…
Invalid Tears
“When I went into the nursing home, I was there for nearly four years. My silent tears, I’ve made a few notes, because for me its multi levelled. It is in reference to the nursing home, there are other things, clearly we all have lots of those. Mine are about invalid tears. There is […]…
Invalid Tears
photography by Margherita Coppolino “When I went into the nursing home, I was there for nearly four years. My silent tears I’ve made a few notes, because for me its multi levelled. It is in reference to the nursing home, there are other things, clearly we all have lots of those. Mine are about invalid […]…
Invalid Tears
“When I went into the nursing home, I was there for nearly four years. My silent tears. I’ve made a few notes, because for me it’s multi-levelled. It is in reference to the nursing home, there are other things, clearly we all have lots of those. Mine are about invalid tears. There is this thing […]…
Silent No More
“Even though I have moved on, and you know, I have a great life now, I want to show that there is life after those silent tears. I can smile again, laugh. I’m not angry at him, I was angry at the time, but I have actually forgiven him for the pain and suffering he […]…
Salt
“They say tears taste like salt. I never had that experience till I became a child bride and my life became a well of tears. Every night before getting beat and raped I would cry and taste them. Some nights I was silent and others I screamed in the shower. As the water hit my […]…
Salt
“They say tears taste like salt. I never had that experience till I became a child bride and my life became a well of tears. Every night before getting beat and raped I would cry and taste them. Some nights I was silent and others I screamed in the shower. As the water hit […]…
Salt
Photography by Denise Beckwith “They say tears taste like salt. I never had that experience till I became a child bride and my life became a well of tears. Every night before getting beat and raped I would cry and taste them. Some nights I was silent and others I screamed in the shower. As […]…
Marriage
For Syafrina, an Indonesian woman with disability, marriage is an opportunity to gain acceptance in society. She met and fell in love with the man of her dreams at university. Sadly, her fiancé’s family prevented their marriage and her opportunity to find love and acceptance. – Indonesia 2017…