And while I get it’s supposed to be funny memes it honestly just made me kinda sad cos I realised I’m never going to be okay. Immediately notable in these poems is their precise, nimble control of language, and the rhythms take profound shape when read aloud. At the level of craft, simpson makes use of the codes of tragedy, polemic, autobiography, and the lyric artfully and powerfully. Nothing I can do, whether it be possessing money, the respect of my peers, or the love of women will ever relieve my suffering.

I am 28 years old today, and when I was a little kid, I can assure you that I thought I would be handling my life completely different by now. According to Good On You CEO, Gordon Renouf, to calculate each brand’s score on animal welfare, the platform rates brands based on publicly available information across five key areas: whether or not the brand has a welfare policy and how good this policy is; what materials they’re using and whether or not they’ve committed to banning exotic skins and fur; what certifications the brand is working with; how transparent and traceable their supply chain is; and how strong their governance model is. jaye simpson’s it was never going to be okay is a symphony of unrelenting rage and undying hope that beckons to be heard, seen and held with the utmost care. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

The report found that 57% of brands assessed have a formal animal welfare policy, a figure that has almost doubled since the inaugural report was published last year. Though the report indicates broad factors that contribute to a low or high score, it did not publish specific details about what led to the failing scores of each individual brand. The full-length collection honestly and creatively examines legacies of genocide and colonization while celebrating transness and Indigeneity. At the level of craft, simpson makes use of the codes of tragedy, polemic, autobiography and the lyric artfully and powerfully.

The four sections of this book pull your emotions in different and deliberate ways, ruminating on queer Indigenous love, kinship, and loss with a lyricism that seems to leave the page and live, forever, in your gut.simpson’s collection bears both the pointed clarity of reflection and the present-tense weight of emotion.

Each time I read it through, I was startled by moments of beauty and insight I hadn’t noticed the time before. The form of each piece, too, changes based on the content of the poems, a masterclass in poetic craft. They refer to this constant state of burial as “hanging their queer bodies / like a slaughtered coyote on a post / as to say, do not come around here no more.They do a remarkable job at depicting the range in perspectives of queer identity and experience and writing about this, and their other experiences and identities, with grace and tact. haunting (a poem in six parts)” uses space and shape to explore childhood trauma, barriers to kinship and escapism as a coping mechanism. So, if you can offer some time or energy to someone else in need, you feel good about you and they feel better, too. Fear is a feeling that relates to powerlessness and present action is the means to create the future you dream about.