Feeling a body… such a sacred task. To live here in this flesh and feel all of it’s beauty, it’s flaws, the presence of age unfolding. To cast eyes on those parts that don’t measure up, and yet to wear it fully with every step. To wear it naked, clothed, in a bridesmaid dress or … Read more
As an adult woman so shaped by those early magazines, I think one of the most challenging things has been to learn how to stand in what I know, regardless of the feedback from others. It’s been confusing enough figuring out how to be an adult, and be a woman but be strong like a man but be soft and vulnerable so men are not intimidated but keep going for success but you should stop and have a family soon but what’s the point of dating if you know he’s not the one? And where did I learn it had to be a he to be my partner anyway?