Notes To Self

'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'
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_x000D_ In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks _x000D_ powerfully from her painful personal experience - on the emotional _x000D_ labour of caring for her alcoholic father, on the unspeakable grief of _x000D_ miscarriage and infertility, on the social taboos around menstrual blood_x000D_ and female pain, on the ways young women use their own bodies as a _x000D_ weapon against themselves. Courageous, humane and uncompromising, _x000D_ devastatingly poignant and yet never self-pitying, these pieces _x000D_ investigate and challenge society's assumptions around pain, strength, _x000D_ resilience and identity, ultimately embracing joy and hope in the _x000D_ business of living.