Just The Way We Are
by Lasara Firefox Allen Every year on and around my birthday, I take inventory. Whether I want to or not, this happens. So I’ve learned to roll with it. And this year, here’s what inventory has yielded: Limit and defeat are not synonyms. As a writer, maybe you’d think I would have figured that one […]
I don’t remember not knowing that my mother weighed 85 pounds when she got pregnant with me. Or that she was a senior in high school. Or that she got married right after graduation and had me instead of letting her parents talk her into an abortion. I don’t remember not thinking I was […]
It’s a weird week for news and not news news (do I sound like a horrible love child of Gertrude Stein and Donald Rumsfield? No? I should…). Syria is still a mess btw, we still have a small portion of our gerrymandered electorate holding the country hostage on our sixth day of government shutdown. But […]
This week–like many weeks lately–has been all about navigating a busy hectic world. And often I’m not sure what’s saving me from going insane anymore. Like what? You don’t have to ask or care. I’m sure your week had its craziness too so I won’t bore you with the mundane details of teaching 8 am […]
Girl Body Pride is coming up on a birthday. To celebrate, we are taking a moment to showcase our favorite submissions from guest writers and contributions from our regular team. Do you have a favorite you’d like to see here? Send me an email at . Lissa’s essay, Body After Baby? Bullshit! was written for […]
About four years ago I let one of my stepsisters talk me into “going platinum.” She said being a blonde would make me look and feel hot, young, and stylish. I was in a bit of a funk at the time and needed a change. I thought a new ‘do might just do […]
Disclaimer: I’m not on Kim Kardashian’s radar. I’m not even a blip in her world. I’m also not a fan of reality T.V., think that Honey-Boo-Boo is a good idea on any level, or appreciate what Snookie did to my brain when I tried reading her book (Hey, I was curious.) Nor do I […]
By Tanis Miller I’ve written a blog post every day this week and deleted all but one of them. I’ve written about the public breakdown I had after Knox’s wheelchair collapsed in the middle of the street and no one offered to help me fix it. I’ve written about how some arsehole didn’t hold […]
Back in the late 80s when I was a women’s studies student and knee deep in the identity politics of the era, I read (and read and read) about women being in competition with each other instead of being friends with one another. I didn’t fully understand the concept because I truly didn’t get it. […]
Why I Love Hooker Make Over
The world of women thumbing through fashion magazines and loitering around make up counters for hundred dollar foundation and blush kits is a world that’s always been about the unattainable fantasy. In the world of reality TV and talk shows, the make-over is a staple of this make-believe. We seek to make fat […]