Personal Essay Explores Bathroom as Transformative Space for Women's Identity

Holly May Reed authored a reflective essay examining how bathrooms serve as private spaces where women experience identity formation, self-discovery, and emotional processing. The piece describes personal memories from childhood through adulthood, including singing at age 8, experimenting with appearance at 10, coping with maternal absence at 11, and experiencing menstruation at 13. The narrative explores how bathrooms transition from creative sanctuaries to sites of grief and eventually spaces for self-reclamation, particularly in motherhood. The work was published on Artparasites, a contemporary art platform.