"Oh, this is nice," my brother mused. (He often drops by room for the sole purpose of using my full(ish)-length mirror, so him taking a pause in front of my outfit choice, hung over the closet door, took me by surprise.) "Yeah?" "Yeah." He played with the chiffon before realizing that it split ... Read More
You Don’t Have to Be Pretty
"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
"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