Girl-ISH

<p><strong>Not My Story Our Story</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Girl-ISH refers to the state of being a woman who is not womanly/girly enough to satisfy the desires comfort and expectations of others. </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In late 2024 I embarked on this project to explore not just my experience but to learn how women of various demographics feel. The Girl-ISH project was born. I developed and sent out a questionnaire to women of all ages and I wrote poems. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The results I hope are a revelatory sobering and uplifting glimpse into what I learned. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I asked questions like:</span></p><p>What are 5 positives of being your gender?</p><p>What are 5 drawbacks of being your gender?</p><p></p><p>My next book project I Can Trust Myself is a work in progress. For this I will develop a new questionnaire that asks women for their stories of finding their way to self-trust. </p>