Just The Way We Are
Beth Bartlett is a freelance writer and humorist. Her work has appeared in such publications as Writer’s Digest, mental_floss, Country Extra, Meetings South and American Profile, and she’s a contributing writer at the humor site An Army of Ermas. She indulges her pseudo-psychic snarky side at Wisecrack Zodiac, and shows her nerdy colors at online at Pure Geek and Geek Girl Universe.
She was just a picture on Facebook, one of those photos meant to provoke comments. She was a large woman wearing a neon miniskirt and low-cut top which could not completely contain her plentiful bosom. She was going through her day, talking on her phone, content with the world. The post said to describe her [...]
January’s winding down; how are those resolutions coming along? No, not the ones about losing weight or fitting into those skinny jeans. The one about loving yourself. How’s that working for you? I found the whole self-esteem gig a bit easier this New Year, because I noticed a difference in all those “drop the pounds” [...]
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I don’t envy girls growing up today. Considering I came from the era of “Three’s Company” and record ratings for the Miss America pageant, that’s saying something. But we weren’t constant consumers of media like today’s youth, surrounded every moment by ads of airbrushed women and over-sexualized video games and TV shows. Sure, we saw [...]
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