So Hormonal: Women's Rage & Mood Swings

We’re thrilled to launch a three-part feminist extravaganza to celebrate So Hormonal! One feminist press and 3 feminist bookshops bring you three virtual events the length of the country! This three part launch will feature discussions between some of the many writers involved in So Hormonal, unpacking the topics they explored in their essays and sharing their experiences with hormones in health and life.

Event 1 is with us at Lighthouse on Wednesday, then on to Cardiff for Event 2 with Shelf Life on Thursday and finally the Feminist Bookshop on Friday for the final flourish of Event 3!

To launch the launch we’re talking Women's Rage and Mood Swings!

Tomiwa Folorunso and Heather Parry discuss living with PMDD and PME, the effects of hormonal medication on mental health, and negotiating identity and relationships while dealing with these conditions.

Tomiwa Folorunso is a writer and creative specialising in communications and digital production. She's worked on a range of different projects from grassroots film marketing to third-sector project management, to history documentaries for radio. Tomiwa just really likes to share stories and create spaces where people can comfortably tell their own!

Heather Parry is a Glasgow-based writer and editor. She won the 2016 Bridge Award for an Emerging Writer, the Cove Park Emerging Writer Residency in 2017 and was a prizewinner in the 2019 Mslexia Short Story Competition. Heather’s work explores self-deception, transformation and identity. She is the co-founder and editor of Extra Teeth magazine.