beauty

December 7, 2016December 6, 2016 Nan Byrne

Beauty is a death camp. The promise of pain. The last door that you close when you flee a fire. Beauty is a war. The broken heel. The sound of thousands of soldiers marching. Beauty is the chorus. The whining voice. The human table set before the cannibal. Beauty is Read more

Roses are Perennial and Women are Too

May 14, 2016October 5, 2018 Lela Casey

Until recently, I considered myself to have been a late bloomer. My high school understanding of boys came largely from Heathcliff and Mr. Darcy. The little nubbins on my chest had plenty of breathing room in their A cup dwellings, and I got my period roughly around the same time Read more

I Lost 200 pounds and I Still Feel Fat

April 27, 2016April 19, 2018 SA Smith

How can you lose 200 pounds and still feel fat? I don’t know. That’s a question I still ask myself. Why, when I lost all that weight, do I still look in the mirror and see that same sad, overweight woman? I know … I lost a lot of weight, Read more

Girly Feet

April 23, 2016September 12, 2018 Dave Pasquel

If you really want to insult me, the worst thing you could possibly do is compliment my bare feet. In fact, I would rather you point, laugh and make fun of them because that’s what I typically do. You see, I have the most beautiful, dainty, smoothest, girly feet you’ve ever Read more

I Call My Daughters Pretty ALL the Time

March 2, 2016December 15, 2017 Byron Hamel

I have two little girls, and I tell them they’re pretty all the time. I’m their daddy, and I think they really want me to see them as pretty. So I acknowledge that I do in fact think they’re pretty. I think they should grow to want to receive regular Read more

I See You

February 21, 2016September 25, 2016 Leslie Lippa

I see you looking at me when you think I’m not looking. Always whispering, and judging, and letting me know that you know I’m not good enough. Just when I think I have finally gotten everyone fooled, I see your little pink nose sticking out – all up in my Read more

I will never, ever, ever do Botox! Or will I?

January 3, 2015October 3, 2018 Erin Righetti

For years now I have been saying that I will never, ever do Botox. I will gracefully pass through the hallowed halls of aging: the crows feet, the laugh lines, the sagging chin, those little droopy folds at the corners of your mouth. This is a vow I made years Read more

Exploring ID with Susanne Junker

October 13, 2014September 15, 2018 Julie Anderson

Interviewed by Julie Anderson Susanne Junker is a photographer and former top model who knows what it’s like to be judged on appearance. I had the opportunity to interview her about her ongoing ID-identity project—a work in progress spanning the globe— in Asia, Europe and America. The project consists of Read more