Just The Way We Are
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 [...]
Recently, Dove released a well-produced, very moving extended advertisement called “Real Beauty Sketches,” which at the time of this writing had just over 26 million views on YouTube. The video doesn’t advertise any particular product; rather, it documents a project in which Dove hired a trained forensic artist to sketch women as they described themselves. [...]
I am not confused, but I am stuck I am not towering above I am writing below I am thought and light Darkness and shame I am not an ending; instead I am the start of something bigger Better Scarier I am demand, and I am devotion To everything And nothing I am bravery, and I am fear Wrapped around love Wrapped around falsehood and truth Yet, I am failure I am not yet strong But, I am still not weak I am longing [...]
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