People describe women's art as being about "women's issues" but they don't describe men's art as being about "men's issues" they describe it as being about "life" Hand embroidered piece ..read more

Sometimes you've got to take the negative effect people have on you and use it as a reminder of how not to be ..read more

"What they did to you, wasn't done by you" so stop tearing yourself apart ..read more

Originally published on Medium, here. I’m not against the concept of forgiveness, I’ve chosen to forgive people countless times. However, what I’m definitely against, is pressuring people to forgive and shaming them if they don’t. I’ve found there’s a lot of stigma attached to those who choose not to forgive, especially if you’re a woman. Women that don’t forgive, are assumed to be “scorned”, “bitter and twisted”. The stereotypes that surround “unforgiving” women, are used to gaslight them. When women express that they’re upset or angry (and justifiably so), as a result of being hurt, peop ..read more

  "Why any woman can end up in a toxic relationship" Originally published on Medium, here. We’ve all heard the stereotypes, that only a certain kind of woman ends up in a toxic relationship. She must just have “daddy issues”, “trash taste in men”, “low self-esteem”, “no standards”, be a “masochist”, “love the drama/attention”, “be insecure”, “stupid”, “weak” and the list goes on. People go to great lengths to find faults in women that they believe cause men to mistreat them. The victim blaming is insidious, as reflected in the kind of things people say to and about women who have been ..read more

Recently I was asked to embroider in-store at a pop up event for Waxflower Bridal. Below is an example of the kind of embroidered illustrations I made, they're quite different from my usual style but part of the fun of custom work is I get to embroider things I usually wouldn't make myself! I loved seeing customers reactions to their personalised clothes. If you would like to hire me as an embroiderer for your pop up event you can email me via kingsophiesworld@gmail.com ..read more

This is my ongoing series of "red flags" I've been making over the last year or so about dating, relationships and people in general. This series is inspired in part by the cultural pressure placed on women to be clairvoyants when it comes to men's intentions. Society often blames women for not predicting men's behaviour, as opposed to blaming men for mistreating women in the first place. This encourages women to internalise blame and feel ashamed for not "seeing" the red flags. These red flags are about some of the things I've learnt: "Just because you couldn't see someone's red flags doesn't ..read more

  We know the stereotypes, that only a certain type of woman gets treated badly by men. She must have “daddy issues”, “bad taste in men”, “low self-esteem”, “no standards”, be a “masochist”, “love the attention”, be “insecure”, “stupid”, “weak” and the list goes on.   People go to great lengths to find faults in women that they believe cause them to be mistreated by men. The victim-blaming that goes on towards women is insidious, as reflected in the kind of things people say to and about women who’ve been mistreated by men;   “What an idiot!”, “how couldn’t she have seen this coming?”, “she kn ..read more