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You Don’t Have to Be Pretty

1 June 2013 • Kimberly

"You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for ... Read More

Be Who You Are, And All Else Will Follow

26 May 2013 • Kimberly

"I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live." —Bettie ... Read More

Let’s Try + Get My Pucci Into That

25 May 2013 • Kimberly

I recently bought a pair of pants in a size zero. Yes. A size zero (?!). Let me try to get my Pucci into that. Maybe with some fishing line and Crisco (if special requests can be taken, I prefer extra virgin olive oil, I might as well get a little DIY spa treatment out of this affair) it'll reach ... Read More

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