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Ioana Andrei
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Published in An Injustice!

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Not Too Short: Hair Cuts, Clothing, and the Body Missing an Owner

Decades after learning to hand over my physical autonomy to others, I am coming back into my own body — In childhood photos of me, I recognize the kid, but don’t recognize myself. Either I am dissociating now, or was dissociating then. Or both. The child has an invisible frown plastered on her face, posing as no-nonsense-ness. On rare occasions, she smiles at the camera, but the smile is cautious…

Self

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Not Too Short: Hair Cuts, Clothing, and the Body Missing an Owner
Not Too Short: Hair Cuts, Clothing, and the Body Missing an Owner
Self

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Published in P.S. I Love You

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I Am a Radical Feminist

Or so I’ve been told by a guy I didn’t sleep with — There are a few places that are bound to absorb the odor of rotten utterances. Twitter. The comments section of pretty much any public figure or newspaper. And Instagram DMs. For the most part, I have given the first two a rest. I’m not a massive ‘grammer, either. But I…

This Happened To Me

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I Am a Radical Feminist
I Am a Radical Feminist
This Happened To Me

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Published in P.S. I Love You

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I’m Redefining “Close Relationships” in Lockdown

Using situations instead of hierarchy — When I think about people close to me, I encounter a thick fog, oblivious to anything on the other side. I don’t know what it means to be “close” anymore. If you ask me who I speak to the most, I can think of the top two people. If you…

Relationships

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I’m Redefining “Close Relationships” in Lockdown
I’m Redefining “Close Relationships” in Lockdown
Relationships

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Published in Loose Words

·Jan 24

Now that you know

A poem — this is your moment, your life, your sea of moments, your sea of change, this this is for you you this is your “Know” moment, your a-ha, your this . beautiful daughter of the Sun, beacon of light, it’s your destiny Destiny! it is, yes, your belly knows it, so does your heart. you have listened, you…

Poem

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Now that you know
Now that you know
Poem

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Published in Loose Words

·Nov 27, 2022

A bit

A poem — How can I put this? Today, I can’t seem to get a grasp on how things. Are. How things are. How do I feel? To answer that question, I have to ask how my life feels. How everything feels. To connect dots that don’t want to be connected. It seems…

Poem

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A bit
A bit
Poem

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Published in Loose Words

·Apr 1, 2022

I Want to Want to be Free

A poem — I want to be free. I want to want to be free. Stop haunting me, Stop judging me, Stop stop stop stop And stop again. Let me be. Let my brow unknit, Let my breath drop, Let my belly fill up And fill me up. Let me rest while walking, while sleeping, Rest…

Poem

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I Want to Want to be Free
I Want to Want to be Free
Poem

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Published in Loose Words

·Dec 18, 2021

Evening Prayer

A poem — I am grateful. I am grateful for this life. I am grateful for seeing the light through the chaos, the pain I am grateful that this food nourishes my bones I am grateful for the breath that I take after I’m thrown into the deep end, again and again. I…

Poetry

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Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer
Poetry

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Published in Loose Words

·Dec 3, 2021

Expansion

A poem — My heart is as wide as the ocean My mind as hot as the sun When I’m done tracing my footsteps, My true life will have already begun I want to fly and sit still My dreams are endless My courage spilled through a quill Will I face the fact…

Poem

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Expansion
Expansion
Poem

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Published in Loose Words

·Oct 26, 2021

Edge of Myself

A poem — Clarity folds into an insular oasis beyond my reach. It sits tranquil while I venture with effort. I make the steps, I clear the path and just when I think I’m getting close, it evades. The longing for something that makes sense is making my arms feel tender and sore, grasping for…

Poetry

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Edge of Myself
Edge of Myself
Poetry

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Published in Loose Words

·Aug 15, 2021

Scar

A poem — Lasting impact on a wounded heart: a scar A scar is one drop of oxygen in the bucket of time, the tears of the gods nursing aging flesh, but in their own Time: what is time if not a gift wrapped into the present taking the hollow holes of the past, filling them with…

Poetry

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Scar
Scar
Poetry

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Ioana Andrei

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I write to figure stuff out | ioana.a.writes@gmail.com

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