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Author: Liberating Words

Lia Kornmehl is a junior at the Winsor School who is passionate about jazz music, milk chocolate, and equal opportunities for women in the workplace.
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Liberating Words: Is It Too Late For Me?

Liberating Words

“be my own Woman?
put on high heels, high bun,
too high expectations.”

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Liberating Words: Untitled (A Poem About Me)

Liberating Words

“i am bored a house broom
i see blue mats wear a costume
and i build a fort prepare for my groom”

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Liberating Words: Dandelion Puff

Liberating Words

“hey
you girls
i just wanted to let you know you’re beautiful
i can’t believe your parents would let you out alone”

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Liberating Words: Prey

Liberating Words

“she should be glad to be
sitting
on train
knees together”

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Liberating Words: Myself

Liberating Words

“Hot / Cute / Short / Tall
Fat / Skinny / Curvy / Not for all
Is this all you see “

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Liberating Words: I Have a Friend Who Does Not Call Herself a Feminist

Liberating Words

“I’m still a feminist.
I want to
Decolonize Feminism.”

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Liberating Words: The Circle of Lies

Liberating Words

“In the fall
He ripped out her root
Snatched up her fruit
And dug out the hole”

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Liberating Words: Pink

Liberating Words

“Pretty pink women with pretty pink dreams,
Talking together and plotting their schemes.”

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Liberating Words: Hey Beautiful

Liberating Words

“Hey beautiful,
You should get home soon.
You look better when you’re at home safe.”

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Liberating Words: Exotic Women

Liberating Words

“we are not submissive
not your objects
not your trend
not your fetish
We are not your exotic women.”

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