Emily Barton
I am Emily Barton, 15 years old, London England. Enjoy this zine and hmu online here emilyracheljade@gmail.com OR girltalkzine.tumblr.com
All work my own EXCEPT: ‘feminism back by popular demand’ - free the nipple the two gradients - gradientoftheday.tumblr.com venus photo - spacefacts.com blue satin - could not find source Venus de Milo - Alexandros of Antioch lisa frank
Not a chance
Don’t count on it
Just wait
Too early to predict
SEA SIREN from the waves, she rose. a venus in her own world. the fusion that confined her to the ocean began to disintegrate. her ponytail slipped out. riding the waves as if they were her bed. heavy on their white crests but not sinking. she kisses the shoreline and stands. she sees her reflection in the seascape, so far away, where the water is deep, and she falls in love with herself all over again. without a shaky step, she guides herself to the closest bar and picks a man out, like choosing the prettiest piece of trash in the trash can. to use is to opress, but that is why she does it.
she is fast and steady, legs like branches that grow out of the ground. they take her places. the sand is lukewarm at 3am and she wishes it would swallow her. but with each lap of the same wave, her name is called. if only she did not have to answer.
THE TREES ARE BARE BRANCHES PULSATE WITH THE BEAT OF THE BREEZE THE VEINS OF THE SKY, THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MOTHER NATURE HERSELF. PAINTING HOLY PICTURES OF LIFE AS THEY QUIETLY OBSERVE IT AND PRESERVE IT FOREVER WONDERING WHETHER THE HUMANS DESERVE IT AND BEING IN NO PLACE TO TAKE IT AWAY.
I AM NOT FLATTERED YOU STAND WITH YOUR FRIEND LOOKING DOWN LIKE YOU OWN ME, HOW HARD IS IT FOR YOU TO REALISE HOW PATHETIC YOU ARE WITH YOUR ‘CHARMING’ REMARKS AND YOUR GETAWAY CAR. FROM ACROSS THE STREET (A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY) I CAN HEAR YOUR WHISTLES AND CLAPS COMING MY WAY. BUT THE ROAD ISN’T A CATWALK AND I’M NOT A MODEL. SO PLEASE AVERT YOUR ATTENTION FROM MY LEGS OR MY BUM OR MY CHEST AND MY BREASTS. I DON’T EXIST TO PLEASE ANYONE BUT MYSELF - TO ME, YOU DON’T MATTER. I’M NOT ON DISPLAY AND YOUR GAZE DOES NOT FLATTER. YOU DON’T SCARE ME AND YOU DON’T CONTROL ME YOU DON’T DESERVE ME AND YOU WON’T EVER TOUCH ME.
THANK YOU FOR FLIPPING THRU MY ZINE. HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. CONTACT ME AT emilyracheljade@ gmail.com OR girltalkzine. tumblr.com