Growing up is learning that there are the four seasons; It is learning that life breathes in, and life breathes out, That the Sun herself wakes and then sleeps, That each leaf unfurls, and then withers, That the clouds themselves Read more…
I WRITE THIS TO ME IN TEN YEARS’ TIME AND WONDER IF MY TRUTHS REMAIN. DO I STILL REACH TOWARDS THE SUNSHINE? DOES MY LAUGHTER RIPPLE IN THE RAIN? I HOPE YOU KNOW, DEAR FUTURE SELF, IF YOUR PASSION IS Read more…
WINNER OF THE POEMS TO YOUR FUTURE SELF COMPETITION! Growing up is learning that there are the four seasons; It is learning that life breathes in, and life breathes out, That the Sun herself wakes and then sleeps, That each Read more…
By Mia Bains (18mbains@wghs.org.uk) To enter a poem for this theme e-mail t.dawkins16@wghs.org.uk When I think of you,I think in two ways;Firstly cold and impassive,Abstract from the realities of my future lifeSecondly hot and protective,My future life flits between my Read more…
I am lost within and lost without This identity of mine That I seek beyond me And seek foolishly Years of learning to love Books and films and music And language with no borders Only to realise my heart is Read more…
How’s the job, future me? No school, no exams, no teachers I’m struggling to hear, Whether it be in a lab, a lectern, or our own little bakery: Simply happy and free, on 60K a year. Think of what we’d Read more…
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “vanity”, thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure.” – John Berger, Read more…
Since the release of her first album in 2006, Taylor Swift has become a name that invokes a multitude of different opinions. Either she is labelled as a disposable artist, profiting off of her failed relationships or as an incredibly Read more…
A review of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ by Bernadine Evaristo Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other is an insightful exploration of what it means to be a black, British woman in society and the prejudice and hardships that come with it. Read more…
Mia Bains and Scarlett Holt, Features CONTACT: 18mbains@wghs.org.uk, 18sholt@wghs.org.uk There is a solemn and collective understanding that women have forever been idealised to a male standard. In the Victorian era, women were seen by men to be a demure, fatigued, Read more…