Left to my own devices at boarding school, I lost any semblance of control over what I put into my body. Suddenly, there were all kinds of food available to me.
Many people are privileged, and again, it's easy to resent that because the level of privilege expressed in the show reminds us that sometimes, success really starts with where you come from.
More often than not, the show is trying too hard to do too much, but that's okay. This show should not have to be perfect.
She didn't mind that my father was married and had a kid. She never expected much from him. She was the kind of woman who didn't expect much from life. They were well suited.
This body is resilient. It can endure all kinds of things. My body offers me the power of presence. My body is powerful.
When I look at the arcs of ink, more than twenty years later, I still see a woman with wings, a woman who can escape anything she wants, even her body.
When it’s hot, I sweat profusely, mostly from my head, and then I feel self-conscious and find myself constantly wiping the sweat from my face. Rivulets of sweat spring forth between my breasts and po...
When you’re overweight, your body becomes a matter of public record in many respects. Your body is constantly and prominently on display. People project assumed narratives onto your body and are not a...
While our conceptions of gender have evolved since the publication of Gender Trouble, there is a lot to be said for Butler’s theory, particularly when it comes to the ways in which women, knowingly or...
Writing bridges many differences. Kindness bridges many differences too, and so does a love of One Tree Hill or Lost or beautiful books or terrible movies.
You are willing to be abused for the mirage of fame in the desert of your life.
But he had a full head of hair and she thought that meant something.
Do not understand the unspoken rules of trigger warnings. I cannot write the way I want to write and consider using trigger warnings. I would second-guess myself, temper the intensity of what I have t...
Feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed. For whatever reason, we hold feminism to an unreasonable standard where the movement must be everything...
Floccinaucinihilipilification—the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Life often presents unendurable circumstances people manage to survive. Only the details differ.
Nostalgia is powerful and that power builds with time; it often reshapes our memories.
Words in the Oxford English Dictionary? antidisestablishmentarianism—in short, conservatism; getting in the way of change. floccinaucinihilipilification—the action or habit of estimating something as...
A good therapist knows you have to live in the house while you remodel.
Already that semester, the university had been steeped in controversy after students at a freshman week welcome event had been reported chanting: We like ’em young! Y is for your sister, O is for oh s...
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