This song speaks to my new invented term: ‘godsplaining’. Inspired by my experiences of being told by doctors, religious leaders, music journalists and radio presenters (among many), how I should understand and handle the death of my child and then how I should discuss this in the media and indeed my own life. Comparing experiences with the various contributing artists on this project, of our lived experiences in the hands of; medical, religious an legal professionals in the face of trauma, I decided to write a punk rage against this indoctrination. Women involved with the project contribute to the spoken word outro.

Written with Anjali Perinparaja, this song speaks of raising children whilst handling all the trauma, misogyny, and specifically the indoctrination, within which women of different cultures have been raised. We both identify as cycle breakers in many respects and wrote this song to coach ourselves and share and hopefully motivate our community of women as we progress through this journey.

Written with close friend and mentor Angela Blacklaw. This song was a turning point on the project and indeed the narrative, as we began to explore internalised sexism in the songwriting process itself. We wrote from Liberty’s point of view and indeed Liberty, (as she would be now at 14 – speaks herself in the middle 8 section – how would she see the world as a teenager?). We have extraordinary stories to tell about the responses of our partners and indeed Liberty’s Father to this song.

Hannah Rose Platt’s renown research skills and the sublime songcraft of Nadine Yomi enabled me to bring the song cycle together at this point, to voice the ‘message’ of this narrative. As a director of the F List and gender/music researcher, I feel clear that my place is to lobby for equality in the making of art and specifically music. This song explores why that matters and is inspired directly by ‘Rage Becomes Her’ by Soraya Chemaly.

To some extent this song cycle is dystopian as we move through war and destruction in songs 4 and 5. This final song restores peace and truth, and importantly brings love and human connection back to the fore. I was inspired by the TV drama ‘Years and Years’ to create an omnipotent female voice who takes control post destruction, to restore balance to humanity. This is my vision of a positive future where everyone is equal.