Nikita Gill blends poetry and fairytale stories designed to empower and reimagine the tales we are told as children. (ebook, location 1336) We have no control over the circumstances life will bring to us. Learn how your comment data is processed. This poetry will move and inspire you. It is more important to be a good human first. Her advice for young women struck me as a moment from Naomi Wolf’s The Beauty Myth. I need you to be there for me too. Even when Gill uses her own voice, she takes that same attitude of both cautionary tale and sage advice. 21.8k Likes, 981 Comments - Nikita Gill (@nikita_gill) on Instagram: “The Game Of Thrones women Meets Fairytale women series complete! Given that there’s not much here for women “of a certain age,” I was happy to find the reworked story of Baba Yaga. God & Man. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. In honor of International Women’s Day, I found this week’s review only fitting to be inspired by my favorite empowered poetess, Nikita Gill. And—hooray—Baba Yaga revels in it! Because I know I only have you for a short time. But in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. Submit your writing to be published on Thought Catalog. Comment document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "acd58fde2f975b7235b0cf36c0c1d844" );document.getElementById("fe56ea6bd6").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I want us to lift each other up, support, encourage each other. Nikita Gill puts an adult, mostly feminist spin on common fairytales and legends in her collection, titled Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul. Who knew 'How are you so skinny?' Gill makes it into a tale about what it’s like to be an “invisible” older woman. I will become the softness you have craved. Through her gorgeous reimagining of fairytale classics and spellbinding original tales, she dismantles the old-fashioned tropes that have been ingrained in our minds. I have always questioned the fairy tales that we have been told since my childhood, and Nikita Gill has beautifully reshaped them and … Image: Corbis via Getty Images In this book, gone are the docile women and male saviors. I think the crux of the book is contained in these poetic lines from, Question the Fairytale. I consider our love the kind of love that will burn strong and hot, until one day it too will become just ashes. Imagine fairytales where the line between heroes and villains are bl 5***** “A clever woman is more lethal than a freshly crafted magic wand, and that is why she is fear." But in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. . I just want us to remember each other so well after we end. But Gill could have drawn me in with a more magical writing style. Learn more about working with Thought Catalog. (ebook, location 1336), “What if fairytales aren’t as innocent as they sound and even princesses aren’t perfect?”. I will give you everything you could possibly ask for. See more ideas about Nikita gill, Poetry quotes, Poem quotes. Although the tales aim for the fantastical, they mostly fell flat for me. For me, though, the content wasn’t as stirring as promised. Therefore, I’m likely not the author’s target audience. Fierce Fairytales is just so-so for me. Through her gorgeous reimagining of fairytale classics and spellbinding original tales, she dismantles the old-fashioned tropes that have been ingrained in our minds. I already know that you will leave. In this book, gone are the docile women and male saviors. “Hunger: The Darkest Fairytale People ask questions, but no one asks the right questions. Bob Woodward explains Trump administration in Rage (Book Review), Stacey Abrams on a Fair America: Our Time is Now (Book Review). Nikita is the author of Your Soul Is A River and Your Heart Is The Sea. For example, Cinderella’s Mother Sends Her a Message from Heaven. Nikita Gill can be considered today as one of the world’s most successful Instagram poets.

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