From:
Extreme texts
Edited by Divya Victor
Dollbaby
The poetics of hysteria and motherhood
MEGAN BURNS
Trigger warning: abuse, suicide
The following document is an archive of two years of my life when I lost custody of my children after I tried to end an abusive marriage. The court took my kids from me based on the art I create: appropriately, the art in this case centers around historical instances when real women also lost their voices, autonomy, and their lives due to their own inability to have freedom and safety in this world. It’s 2019, and women are still not safe. I want to send the song of this text into the future until the answer is sure: when are women going to be safe in this world?
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