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I want a crowded airport in morning light. I want a car full of people, all moving in the same direction. I want to be always going forward, and never going back.
Spencer George, from her essay “Everything I Learned I Learning From Leaving’. Check it out on the site now.
Submit, submit, submit! Not Your Girl is an art and literary collective geared towards opening up a space for young females in the creative fields. We are currently seeking art and writing submissions for both our website and for the NYG Collective, a digital publication of some of our top creative work. Submissions are always free, and we accept submissions from anyone, regardless of age or experience, though we do look specifically for submissions from young females. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected]; please include your name and whether you are submitting to the website, the collective, or both in your email. We look forward to reading your work! For more information about submissions please see our website: www.notyourgirl.org.
Emma Noelle is a student and photographer based in New York City. Originally from Manila, Emma specializes in portraiture and documentary photography, using analog mediums to evoke poetry and tell …
We recently had the chance to interview student and photographer Emma Noelle. Check out the full conversation on art, activism, and whether creation can act as an antidote to hatred on our website now!
Cactus unmoving in the wind / dust cracking under our toes. / This is avoidance. This is memory. The divide / too distended to cross. You must know you can / not come. Your grained legs always pulling / you back. Keeping our bodies from lingering / leaving our bones to divorce / to split into bark.
Spencer George, “Long Division”. Read the rest of this haunting poem on the website now.
Amanda Ba is an artist who hand-painted all of the clothing she is wearing in these photos. She was recently photographed by student and photographer Emma Noelle for NYG. Check out the rest of their gorgeous shoot on the site now: http://notyourgirl.org/?p=572.
As a teenage poet, I spent a lot of time apologizing. Sorry for being too much, sorry for being not enough, sorry for this, sorry for that. Sorry I loved you, sorry I’m broken, sorry I cared. With maturity I have learned to stop being so outwardly apologetic. And yet, my poetry still reeks of a need for forgiveness, that longing to be accepted still present, even if it comes up in new ways. When I write about forgiveness now, it’s with a nostalgic anger– the great question of, what have you done to me? Who have you made me become?
From Spencer George’s essay “In Defense Of The Tumblr Poet”. Read the rest of the essay on the site now!
Ultimately, feminism is about selflessness."
Isabella Frommelt. Isabella is a student, activist, and YouTuber whose videos focus on promoting self-confidence and documenting the experience of girlhood. You can read the rest of our interview with her here.
bleed over all I know you girl / you menstrual girl / keep it together / don’t corrupt my clean
From “Menstrual Girl” by Ashby Bland - check out www.notyourgirl.org to read the rest of this poem discussing femininity and desire in today’s world
