SHEHOLDS 她拿著 (Page 5)

Four Books. One Woman.

On marriage, motherhood, sex, family, food, airports and the impossible work of holding a house.

I am harbour

She didn’t come to visit. She came to nap. She lay down because my house holds. I am harbour.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 2 Nov 2025

I am harbour

Biarritz

It means the season has ended, and something new begins.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 1 Nov 2025

Biarritz

On Householding

He walks the dogs. I move the world. He does the mornings. I place everything in motion.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 30 Oct 2025

On Householding

On Miscarriage

By the time I had written the thank-you cards to our wedding guests, I was pregnant. Then my womb was empty again.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 29 Oct 2025

On Miscarriage

On driving

He lets me rage and knows it's love.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 28 Oct 2025

On driving

On hypnobirthing

I ruled out an epidural right from conception.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 27 Oct 2025

On hypnobirthing

Sevilla

On crossing Europe alone by train and being hot and single for a while.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 26 Oct 2025

Sevilla

Some women are sent

Some women aren’t just born. They’re summoned across bloodlines and time to complete what another woman began.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 24 Oct 2025

Some women are sent

Paris

On boundaries, break-up sex and leaving by train.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 23 Oct 2025

Paris

On menstruation and the birds and the bees

Before they could walk, they already knew what blood meant. Because we never hid it. We never locked the door.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 21 Oct 2025

On menstruation and the birds and the bees

SHEHOLDS 她拿著

A publication about how women shape and hold the spaces around them.