I See Me

Make way for me (and my hips)

  Kinky hair. Olive skin. Big brown eyes. Full set of lips. Mascara? No thank you. Tweezers? Yes, please. Eyebrows gettin’ crazy. Lady-stash? Pluck off. Crooked smile. Baby teeth. Triple D’s. Holy hips. Hour glass curves softened by motherhood Cellulite. Muffin top. Doesn’t matter what I see. What matters is How she sees I see [...]

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 [...]