"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
Beauty is Truth, and Truth, Beauty
“Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What ... Read More
On the ‘Bikini Body’
I'm currently eating—and thoroughly enjoying—a giant chocolate-dipped shortbread cookie as I write this. (Gratuitous, but relevant. Promise.) . . . It's that time of year when it's finally appropriate to order iced coffees and wear things without sleeves! And while it's not quite warm enough ... Read More