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. [...]

The Problem of Loving My Body and Body As Object

Photo Credit: Elan "Schmutzie" Morgan

Love it or hate it, Elan Morgan ponders self-acceptance, our bodies, and why there isn’t really an answer.   I think about beauty and self-acceptance and love, and I think about how our culture, in an effort to beat back the ocean of self-loathing that women have been drowning in for so long, offers up [...]