Women Like Us

By. Rachel Popa

We are pretty –
Pretty pictures

Pushed to the side
Walking on glass

From the shattered ceiling, no –
not yet, he says

Smile for me, but don’t –
Bare your teeth.

Rachel Popa is a writer and editor who works and lives in Chicago. By day, she writes
healthcare news for a media company, and by night, she reads and writes feminist poetry,
speculative fiction, fantasy and science fiction. When she’s not writing creatively (which is more
often than she’d like) Rachel enjoys watching British television, baking and cooking. She can be
found on Twitter @_RachelPopa.