Sisterhood zine

what does sisterhood mean to you . girls night out . my sisterhood

sisterhood issue one//jan 2022

what does sisterhood mean to you?

octavia Age: 20 From: Leeds Zodiac sign: Leo Favourite song: Feel So Close - Calvin Harris Favourite food: Spaghetti and meatballs

iris

Age: 18 From: Sheffield Zodiac sign: Sagittarius Favourite tv show: Sex In The City Favourite food: Salt and vinegar crisps

Tahlia, Antonia, Tilly and Amy

Helen, Eva and Joanne

Octavia and Eva Alex and Becca

Ellen and Amber

Julie and Mags

Alice and Josie

“sisterhood is vulnerability. safety in being open and knowing you won’t be judged for expressing yourself. it’s the comfort in not having to explain but being understood. it’s hilarity and incontinence and tears when you’ve never shown them. it’s wearing the fucking outfit and feeling like the most beautiful you’ve ever felt and it’s also not putting on airs and graces for those sisters. because ultimately it doesn’t matter. it’s your family and it’s also the stranger who you can see needs some help and it’s stepping forward for her.”

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joanne Age: 49 From: Sheffield Zodiac sign: Gemini Favourite book: The Outsider - Stephen King Favourite film: All About My Mother

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sisterhood. sisters. mothers. daughters. grandmothers. aunties. nieces. cousins. girls. girlfriends. friends. best friends. lovers. strangers. completely different, yet all the same. your tribe. your gang. your people. all united in a sense of love and alliance. this shared bond of womanhood, of belonging, of being a part of something. it’s not always easy and peaceful, there’ll be arguments and shouting and angry texts and passive aggressive tweets, but it’ll always be there. it’s there in a denim mini skirt borrowed for a night out. in a band t-shirt stolen for a quick trip to the pub, never to be seen again. in an out-of-budget satin dress passed around from person to person until it’s had it’s wear. stealing your mums’ best heels for a house party then hiding them in the back of your wardrobe after ruining them running across the garden for a sneaky cig. borrowing your sister’s new jumper then claiming it’s still in the wash for weeks on end until you can take it back to uni with you. realising you haven’t seen your favourite t-shirt in a while then finding it weeks later under your mate’s bed, still unwashed after a festival. your auntie turning up with a binbag full of clothes after a wardrobe clear out and finding gucci belts that were passed down to her when she was the same age from an old woman who lives next door. finding a skirt that’s so see-through that you can deffo see your bum, “but dad it’s SUPPOSED to look like that!” visiting when you’re 15, 16 and learning about the power of black eyeliner for the first time and making it ‘your thing’ for the next 3 years. raiding your best friend’s wardrobe before a first date because it absolutely has to be the perfect dress and you certainly don’t own it. sisterhood is one thing and its everything. an integral part of growing up and an even bigger part of being a grown up. you grow and it grows with you. it’s there for the clothes, the hair, the makeup, the makeups, the breakups, the first date, the first kiss, the first you know what, the first day of school, the last day of school, the last song in the club, the last orders at the pub, the last train home. it’s there when you need it and even when you think you don’t. it’s got your back, no matter what.

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Age: 21 From: Sheffield Zodiac sign: Libra Celebrity crush: Dylan O’Brien Favourite food: Sushi

zoe

Age: 20 From: Hull Zodiac sign: Aquarius Favourite song: Sunburn - Hope Tala Favourite film: Chalet Girl

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“togetherness”- molly “loyalty, love and trust” - farah “looking out for one another” - abbie “loyalty 4 eva” - hannah “unconditional love and trust and 0 judgement” - ruby “connection, friendship, watching out for eachother” - vlada “having a close, loyal group of friends” - anna “girls having eachothers backs” - el “sharing similar struggles, female empowerment, taking care of eachother” - jess “empowerment and loyalty” - anna “looking out for eachother, not judging eachother and having fun together” - maddie “friendship soulmates! i’m not close with my mum nor do i have a sister so friends are important”- tia “trust and being there for eachother even if you’re not seeing eachother regularly!” - anna “close friends you can tell anything to and trust them!” - lucy “loyalty” - meg