Just The Way We Are
by Kelly Wickham “Don’t step directly over the graves, mom,” my youngest warned me. “It’s earth. It’s ok. We’re not here to disturb,” I called over my shoulder. It’s Fall and I like taking pictures. Sometimes, Morgan comes with me and then I spot a graveyard. I am calm with him, calmer than I was […]
I have a confession to make. My career and passion is in the beauty business. I manage a salon and retail shop. But that’s not the confession.For most of my life I thought I was ugly. I used to be the girl who thought I was too ugly to get my picture taken. I […]
Watch your back, Cinderella I hate spiders. If all the Disney Princesses tried to take out Wonder Woman in a fight, I’d put money on Wonder Woman. Hands down. Real shredded coconut “tastes” like paper to me. Shut. Up. When I am out in public here in Maine and make eye contact with another […]
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 […]
Does this image offend you? It shouldn’t. But for some inexplicable reason, it seems that Facebook, instagram, and related social media outlets don’t like images depicting the beauty and reality of motherhood. Facebook has been censoring the project page and even has gone so far as to remove images and lock photographer Ashlee […]
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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 . Jessi Sanfilippo shared The Tilt Shifts Reality on August […]
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 . Kim Tracy Prince published The Plate on GBP on […]
by Jennifer Collins When I was a little girl, my mother always told me that I was unique. That in all of creation there had never been anyone just like me. That my life had a purpose. That I could do anything that I set my mind to. That I was beautiful […]
by Danielle Smith The question felt a bit out of left field. But as the mother of a child, of a little girl, I suppose I shouldn’t ever really be surprised, right? She is eight-going-on-twenty-eight, after all. And this growing up business is happening right in front of my eyes. This IS the child […]
Last year I rediscovered a friend while trying to maintain my sanity. I was pregnant and on bed rest, which is just a fancy way of saying I was on Twitter a lot. That’s where I reconnected with hometown friend Ann Imig. A buzz surrounded her, and this buzz was much bigger than her […]
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