‘The girl never looked up from her iPhone. She was scrolling through faces on Instagram. At first I thought she was checking her feed but then I saw her hit up the search bar: ‘femmefatale,’ ‘Iranian_beauty,’ ‘sexyeyes,’ swiping her finger over the faces like she was flicking her clit. Fast and greedy...’

Longlisted for the Bath Short Story Award 2016

Image: Regina Jose Galindo, Recorte por la Linea, 2005, performance