A Declaration to Myself

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  My name is Pauline M. Campos. I have a right to happiness, to ask for what I need in life, to choose with whom I sit and how I want to spend my time and energy. It is my responsibility to pursue this happiness and wholeness. Your opinion, your value judgements on me, my [...]

Catching in the Rye; The Spanglish Edition

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  The child calls Bullshit. It’s time to Pony Up. If The Catcher in the Rye had a sequel based on a Spanglish-speaking Mexican-American homeschooling, allergic to everything, eating-disordered writer mama of one, I’d be a happy girl. Because then, at least, I could just hand people a copy of the book when they ask [...]

Does The Media Get the Blame for Eating Disorders?

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  A friend recently sent me a link to an article on Ed Bites regarding the author’s thoughts on the media and eating disorders. The article, to be published in Emirates Woman magazine, is well-written, thought-provoking, and importantly (to me, anyway) written from personal experience. The author, Carrie Arnold, recounts her own experience as an [...]

The Me That I Am

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I’m having a pretty shitty Writerly Ego day. Actually, it’s kind of been a shitty Writerly Ego month, to be perfectly honest. And when I’ve shared this little emotional nugget with the BFF and The Husband, I’ve received a raised eyebrow and a “YOU HAVE A FUCKING AGENT” in response to my pity party. I [...]

The Power of Joining our Voices

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  I am in a place I have wanted to be for so very long and I am here because of the power of joining my voice with that of other like-minded women with something to say and a need to be heard. I am in this place and I am grateful. And I simply [...]

A New Day

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    A strange thing happened today. I didn’t notice it right away, of course. There was no dramatic realization. No being struck by a figurative lightning bolt. It was more like the rising of the sun… Slow. Steady. And something that, when you stop to think about it, shouldn’t really come as a surprise. [...]

Lessons, Butterflies, & Bracelets

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Pretty things make me smile. The simple and plan kind of pretty that doesn’t try too hard to be noticed because that kind of thinking is what other kinds of pretty fret about. That’s the kind I adore. Maybe that’s why I love this new offering from my friends at Berkey Design on Esty. Stan [...]

Butterflies, Strength, and Onion-flavored Dreams

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I’ve seen my name published in the bylines of the hundreds of newspaper articles I wrote before giving up the Dream That Was Supposed to Pay the Bills. That was the plan, you know. The paycheck was supposed to fund the Dream That Included Me and a Book with My Words. Funny thing, that dream. [...]

Strong like Butterfly: Launching the Ebook!

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Are you ready to be inspired? Let’s launch this thing… On Monday, January 14, Girl Body Pride celebrates the launch of the Strong Like Butterfly ebook! Strong Like Butterfly brings you the best of Girl Body Pride in collection of strong and inspiring essays from women who celebrate the You that You Are Right Now.  [...]

Owning My Reflection

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  See this? See my reflection full of curves and soft places that serve to comfort my child and turn on my husband even when I can’t see past the cellulite and society’s ideals? Good. Know that I feel good when I focus on nothing but that: how I feel. Fuck the scale. Screw the [...]