5 minute read A brief hiatus from my regular series ‘A Writer’s Life’ but I am a writer and this is my life (cue Eamonn Andrews). In this piece, I talk about women’s ‘stuff’ including periods. Too much for you? Scroll on. No offence taken. A six word story.
Thanks for this, Sarah. Everyone who reaches this stage in life has a story to tell - 50% of the world population! - yet these stories are almost never told in public. For me the gobsmack moment was when I read an NHS letter referring to me as a ‘nulliparous woman’. I had never wanted kids, but the word still felt like such a negation - as if a woman who hasn’t given birth is lacking, not a real woman. Stay strong and keep writing
Thanks for this, Sarah. Everyone who reaches this stage in life has a story to tell - 50% of the world population! - yet these stories are almost never told in public. For me the gobsmack moment was when I read an NHS letter referring to me as a ‘nulliparous woman’. I had never wanted kids, but the word still felt like such a negation - as if a woman who hasn’t given birth is lacking, not a real woman. Stay strong and keep writing