An essay on the conflicts between the desire for a career and for motherhood. “Hey, kid, what do you want to be when you grow up?” A question posed to us from the day we can speak until the moment we find ourselves as working adults. “What do you want…

A poem on initial infatuation and relationships. — Romance is much like going on a holiday somewhere nice hot and sunny you’re sure you’re gonna love it before you’ve arrived you invest in it before you know it spend your money spend your time you anticipate you fantasise…

A poem on nostalgia — The essence of the air this morning would go perfectly with a warm croissant I wonder if these sense memories we attach to childhood moments might ever lose their power I don't remember enough years and names places and pains are lost in me, somewhere faded but then without…

A poem on life and death and its… —

A personal story from Looni co-founder Chelsea Leyland. — Story: Chelsea Leyland Contributor and editor: Jasmine Poulton Period sex — that hush-hush conversation that still makes some of us squirm (not including me 😋 hence my personal tips on how to enjoy it below), yet when you consider menstruation more broadly, it’s really a topic both important and unavoidable to contemplate. The fact is periods and sex…

A personal story from Looni co-founder Chelsea Leyland — Writer: Chelsea Leland Contributor and editor: Jasmine Poulton Isn’t it perplexing how, month after month, our menstruating bodies pass through these (somewhat) predictable cyclical and colorful changes, yet they so often seem to present to us as such a surprise? “Ugh, why am I so irritable/ravenous/tired/bloated/sad/low/nauseous/all of the above?

A poem —

A poem —

It is a choice to accept those choices different than yours. — Up until recently, my ultimate goal in life was to become a mother. From a young age, I always felt strongly that should I get pregnant, regardless of my situation, I wouldn’t have an abortion — I would figure it out, no matter what I had to sacrifice. …