Womxn: Stick and Stones

Discover 'Sticks and Stones', a transformative hardback book by Lexy Wren-Sillevis that empowers women by reclaiming negative language. Sized perfectly at 131 x 174 mm, this beautifully illustrated 128-page volume is a powerful narrative that challenges traditional gender labels imposed on womxn. Through evocative acrostics and meditative rhythms, it explores the painful words that have historically demeaned women, empowering readers to shift perspectives. Each slur is deconstructed and reimagined into affirmations of resilience, encouraging healing and self-acceptance. With clearing meditations included, this book serves as a personal journey toward embracing one’s true self. Perfect for anyone seeking to break free from societal constraints, 'Sticks and Stones' invites you to confront, reflect, and ultimately transform the language surrounding womanhood. Illustrated by the talented Margaux Carpentier, each artwork speaks a unique language, reinforcing the book's profound themes of empowerment and resilience. Ideal for dipping in and out of or for a comprehensive read, this book is a must-have for every womxn's collection. Join the movement—it's time to redefine the dialogue around femininity and celebrate the strength of all women.

Author: Lexy Wren-Sillevis Publisher: Hachette
Bind: hardback
Dimensions: 131 x 174 mm
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 20-08-2021

"There are so many words, insults, labels and boxes for women to be packaged and packed off in. Often, but not always, they're words coined by men. Why that is, is a bigger conversation that is starting to be had by women everywhere. We're slowly, but oh-so-surely, making it clear that there is no man in womxn. We're writing him out and writing us back in and we deserve a suffix all of our own. So from here on in, we are WOMXN." Sticks and Stones is a powerful reclamation of the slurs and insults thrown at women for centuries. It's a righting of wrongs - a rewriting of sexist, belittling and shaming language. It's a tool for breaking free from the stereotypes and impossible standards used to confine women, transforming them into messages of resilience and resolve. And, most importantly, it's a rallying call for change, healing and empowerment. It takes the words, slurs, insults and labels that are used to diminish women every day and breaks them down and tears them apart. It transmutes and rewrites these words - sometimes with all of the pain they trigger, sometimes in the form of positive affirmations, mantras and poems - all told in acrostics. With their underlying meditative rhythms, these acrostics are also a remedy for healing wounds and empowering women to have the confidence to be their true selves. You can dip in and out, or read it cover to cover. You can come back to, and work through, any words that resonate with you. Lexy also offers clearing meditations at the back of the book to help you tackle the words that hurt you most, helping to remove them from your past, present and future. This title is illustrated by the hugely talented illustrator and print maker Margaux Carpentier. Margaux creates pictures using a symbolic language, so each piece has its own unique message for every individual. Her work is inspired by all the incredible colours of the world. She adapts her illustrations in 3D and large-scale murals, the most recent of which is currently on display in Brown Hart Gardens in Mayfair, London.