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#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.

Poetry. Art. Defiance.

Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/09/14/notjustpretty-womens-voices-womens-power/

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#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
TIME CORRECTION! Nov.8 #NotJustPretty zoom will be at 5pm pst/ 8pm est this Saturday. Sample ways our features creatively confront stereotypes. Sponsor @thebrokenspine.co.uk Host @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Info: bit.ly/499kkJk #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut #CanYouHearUs #Poetry #Art
#NotJustPretty
Meet The Woman Who Lead The Charge #NotJustPretty is an exciting 3-zoom series (90 min. each)   that honors artists from around the world wh...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
The third iteration of @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #NotJustPretty is coming soon!
January 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
ANNOUNCING: #NotJustPretty
A radical open mic & showcase for women + those who've ever identified as women
🗓 Oct 4 | 20:00 GMT | 90 mins
🎟 FREE
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.

Poetry. Art. Defiance.

Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This mic doesn’t care if you're “marketable.”
It cares if you're honest.
#NotJustPretty
🗓 Oct 4 | 20:00 GMT
🎟 Free
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#WednesdayWIPs
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.

Poetry. Art. Defiance.

Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.

Poetry. Art. Defiance.

Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Ever been flattened by soft-focus lit world filters?
#NotJustPretty is for you.
🗓 Oct 4 | 20:00 GMT
🎤 Online open mic + showcase
🎟 Free | Donations welcome
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
No pastel branding.
No cleavage promo.
Just power on the mic.
#NotJustPretty
🗓 Oct 4 | 20:00 GMT
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#LiftToTheSky
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Tomorrow! #NotJustPretty is not for show.
It’s for change.
Join the revolution in poetry.
🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT
🎤 Open mic + showcase
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This isn’t about being cute.
It’s about being seen.
#NotJustPretty is for full, messy, glorious selves.
🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.

Poetry. Art. Defiance.

Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.

Poetry. Art. Defiance.

Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Just one reason we're going to start #NotJustPretty #OpenMics

youtu.be/04Pk4m4ONWg?...
Philomena Cunk on Women 🤣 #funny #cunk
YouTube video by Skadooosch
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July 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
jenwithwords.bsky.social
Very honored to be an upcoming part of the featured artist line up for a new @thebrokenspine.co.uk series #NotJustPretty led by the wonderful @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social.

Stay tuned for more updates and events soon!
September 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This one’s for trans women, queer women, fat women, ageing women, ND women.
All of you.
#NotJustPretty is YOUR mic.
🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
You ever been told to tone it down?
Don’t.
Be loud, be raw, be here.
#NotJustPretty
🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT
🎟 Free (donate if you can)
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#WednesdayWIPs
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
A 71-year-old crone.
A trans teen poet.
They’re all reading.
Why aren’t you?
#NotJustPretty
🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#LiftToTheSky
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
jenwithwords.bsky.social
Congratulations to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for hosting and facilitating an amazing kick-off event yesterday for #NotJustPretty!

Missed it? Don’t worry! There are two coming soon to a Zoom near you! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · Oct 5
You just CAN'T keep good women down!!! The #NotJustPretty gathering I put together yesterday was electric ⚡ and there are more! Grateful to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the platform & support of my vision. 🙏💃🙏 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/09/14/n...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
So, what's in this #NotJustPretty project for me? Why do I care and why does that matter? @brokenspinearts #PerfectlySeasoned #substack karenpiercegonzalez.substack.com/p/perfectly-...
September 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
I am so very excited by this collection. Katie reduced me to tears at #NotJustPretty reading from this book. I've cried reading it myself. So, so affecting!! She's one of the finest poets I've ever read. This will blow your mind! #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch #CoverReveal @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Oct 19
Katie Jenkins’ #Trilogy wife:widow:witch is almost here—feminist, fearless, & feral in all the right ways.

Artwork by the visionary Matt Oxborrow (Duolingo, Headspace, M&S).

This one lingers.

@katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social

#Poetry #CoverReveal #Trilogy #FeministLit
Black minimalist book cover for Trilogy by Katie Jenkins. At the centre is a stylised white line illustration of a woman, abstracted into geometric, web-like forms—she appears cloaked or veiled, with radiating lines suggesting fragility and power. The title "Trilogy" is centred in a clean, modern font, with "Katie Jenkins" above. Below the figure, the words wife:widow:witch appear in lowercase. Bottom-left shows the publisher logo: The Broken Spine.
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Why #NotJustPretty matters to me:
karenpiercegonzalez.substack.com/p/perfectly-...
#BustingThroughStereotypes #CreativeWomen #Poetry #Song #Prose #Art #Film and more, so so much more
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Most open mics don’t centre you.
We do.
Women-led, unapologetic, and absolutely unfiltered.
#NotJustPretty
🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT
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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
#LiftToTheSky
#NotJustPretty: A Manifesto for Women Who Refuse to Be Flattened - The Broken Spine
Their Breasts Aren’t Perky Enough
thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
COMING: the 2nd of 3 #NotJustPretty#zoomseries features women who creatively breakthrough stereotypes to claim freedom for themselves and others. @thebrokenspine.co.uk All welcome to listen. Info: bit.ly/499kkJk #WomenSupportWomen #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut #CanYouHearUs #Poetry #Art
#NotJustPretty
Meet The Woman Who Lead The Charge #NotJustPretty is an exciting 3-zoom series (90 min. each)   that honors artists from around the world wh...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM