Girl-ISH: a poetry project

By Deborah Mourey

Not My Story, Our Story

Girl-ISH refers to the state of being a woman who is not "womanly/girly" enough to satisfy the desires, comfort, and expectations of others.

In late 2024, I embarked on this project to explore not just my experience, but to learn how women of various demographics feel. The Girl-ISH project was born. I developed and sent out a questionnaire to women of all ages, and I wrote poems.

The results, I hope, are a revelatory, sobering, and uplifting glimpse into what I learned.

I asked questions like:

What are 5 positives of being your gender?

What are 5 drawbacks of being your gender?

My next book project, "I Can Trust Myself," is a work in progress. For this, I will develop a new questionnaire that asks women for their stories of finding their way to self-trust.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FB6PZMNT
• ISBN13: 9798218664114
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Smarty Pants Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"