A reminder
A Reminder. Leyla Josephine You are okay.
The screams sketched on screens?
They aren’t with you,
not really,
not present,
not now.
Don’t carry them with you,
leave them where they are.
I bet over a coffee and cake
the machine gun typing,
would seem smaller
would seem much less frightening.
Maybe you’d have a laugh,
agree to disagree.
Maybe you’d have things in common.
Maybe you’d become friends.
This isn’t real.
I promise,
This isn’t real.
There is pow

Where is my space?
It’s been a peculiar 3 years. I set out on a journey to change the shape and weight of my body for different reasons. Back then, it was about fat shaming, both public and online, but there was also the factor of health. I was unable to walk certain distances without my back becoming painful or being out of breath. Something had to change. I started writing ‘My Rad Fat Diary’ for women’s collective TYCI about my journey, not only as a plus size woman, but about weight loss. I
