Llewella_la_femme

Llewella_la_femme

Some of my more political writing and art...


OBJECTIFICATION VERSUS AUTONOMY... WOMANHOOD; THE STRUGGLE TO BALANCE FREEDOM WITH NOT GETTING RAPED (NSFW & TW)

28 Oct 2019 3 minute read 1 comment (S)llew la Wulf

THE CONFUSING WOMAN; one woman’s struggle to breathe...   Once upon a time, in a land not too far away, lived a very confusing woman. This woman in many ways existed fearless, because what dominated her more than any of the many valid fears she had,...

*AFRO PUNKS* *THE BLACK AVANT GARDE* THE COLOUR OF ECCENTRICITY*

28 Oct 2019 7 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf

  ECCENTRICITY AND THE BLACK ROSE I had a conversation with a close (black) friend recently that went something like this; Me - "it is so much easier/more acceptable for a white person to be left of centre than it is someone of colour..." Friend - "...

TW. Not for 'snowflakes'... A dissection of race politics here in the UK

21 Oct 2019 4 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

The following is a very emotional and angry piece I wrote a few years ago (for Facebook)... Am not feeling angry today but yea, it's still relevant. My message is simple. Everyone (regardless of colour, class, gender, ability) needs to look at their...

It ain't just white folk that are racist...when 'minority groups' clash and the game is on to prove who has more right to be in the UK

20 Oct 2019 4 minute read 6 comments (S)llew la Wulf

  I try to move away from politics for a day but that shit just seems to pop up EVERYWHERE! Situation, this evening outside my house; I live on a cul de sac, so it's quite a tightly packed,  close knit street. There is quite a mix here, black, white,...

African themed dance, art and music, not simply for Black History Month but just because it's worthy ❤️

20 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

  And back to dance... because ranting about politics (last post) can be wearing on the soul, for me... I did this dance piece this summer when Hassan Hajjaj had his The Path exhibition at the New Art Exchange. It really moved me, as a body of work...

An open letter to Boris Johnson...I thought words had failed me but, they haven't....

19 Oct 2019 5 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-extension-letter-unsigned-eu-photocopy-message-a9163356.html   Dear Boris Johnson, I wonder sometimes how men like you sleep at night. That question comes from the angle of a person...

Autumn leaves and getting older... A dance piece and a little rant

15 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

Today is the first day I've danced, properly danced, since having a minor surgical (but invasive and painful) procedure 3 weeks ago... it's also a year to the day since I dislocated my knee whilst performing on stage. It feels apt dancing amongst th...

THE ANGELIC WHORE TROPE IS A KILLER... Why I refuse to pay rent just to take up space....

13 Oct 2019 1 minute read 4 comments (S)llew la Wulf

    THE ANGELIC WHORE TROPE IS A KILLER Be a whore in the bedroom & a lady in public? Er... Fuck off basically... You can be MY whore bitch and in public ima gonna react to the world as it treats me & is appropriate...which more often than not, does...

Consensual power play within sex and the huge gulf in between that and abuse/rape/sexual assault... TW

11 Oct 2019 3 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf

NOTES ON CONSENT I have been thinking lots on the idea of sexual consent & dynamics. In many ways it is really very simple but as current discussions have shown, it's not really. When lovers have strong sexual telepathy between them, overt (verbalise...

When a mediocre, white man speaks and I respond

10 Oct 2019 2 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf

To complete my open letters to to men in positions of power that I wrote and had published in this book  https://www.dostoyevskywannabe.com/cities/nottingham   here is the one I wrote last year to Piers Morgan. It was just after he came out with his...