Personal Stories
A Living Archive of the Seen and Unseen
Share Your Story
Share your story by sending an email to mhilcisin@gmail.com
Write about your personal experiences. Be as vulnerable as you want to be. The stories will be sorted into one of our categories.
A text of up to 1000 words
Up to 5 images
This can be artwork of any kind. Tell us about it and what it means to you.
Up to 3 videos or films
These can be short movies, animations, or simple things captured on your camera phone.
A combination
You can combine more media. This is a safe space where you can be as creative as you want.
The Archive
Read our stories
How the female body is seen, unseen, judged, reclaimed
What women remember, forget, carry. Intergenerational stories, trauma, survival
Who gets to speak? Who gets to be seen? Self-representation vs external gaze
Acts of care, protest, reclaiming space, everyday feminism.
Breaking Isolation
Who gets to speak? Who gets to be seen? Self-representation vs external gaze
Integrity & Respect
Who gets to speak? Who gets to be seen? Self-representation vs external gaze
Who gets to speak? Who gets to be seen? Self-representation vs external gaze
Inclusion
Sexuality
How sexuality is explored, silenced, feared, embraced, celebrated
How emotions are held, feared, denied, ignited, freed.