Taboo + Toast

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Who Gave Men Eyes? Return to Sender
You know what’s weird? Every time I walk past a reflective surface, I brace myself like it’s an unsolicited performance review.
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Genovia Can Choke
She took off her glasses and suddenly she was worthy. I took off my glasses and walked into a door.
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I Would Like to Speak to the Manager of Masculinity
Because whatever this is? It's not fit for purpose.
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I’d Rather Peg Boris Johnson Than Sit Through Another Male Panel on Women’s Rights
At least the pegging comes with lube and honesty.
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June 2025

The Mattress Is Mine Now, Daniel
I bled on your sheets and now I own the bed.
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Postpartum? More Like Postpersonhood
The moment a woman gives birth, the world treats her like a used portal.
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Your Mum Should’ve Swallowed the Patriarchy Too
A short essay on avoidance, ego, and the fragile male who thinks ghosting is terrorism.
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Pink-Washed Genocide
When bombs are sold in the name of “her rights.”
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Sincerely, a Distraction
A deeply unserious takedown of serious shame.
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Life in Plastic, It’s Existentially Drastic
Plastic, perfect, emotionally detached. Aspirational.
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Love Me Like a Threat
Why I’d rather be heartbroken than half-held.
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Smooth Criminal, Hairy Saint
Because if I’m going to die, I’d like to be moisturised and mildly overgrown.
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