It seems like beauty is a hot topic these days. A couple months ago there was the revelation that Mike Jeffries, the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch, said that they don’t carry XL and XXL women’s clothing because they only market to “cool people.” And then this amazing, brave, beautiful (and full-figured) woman told Mike …
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A Poem for Today
I know I have not been keeping to my twice-a-week blogging schedule here lately. I aim to do better! I AM writing, but most of it is either for my book or something to send out to journals or stuff that’s just not ready for the public eye yet (if ever). I continue to go …
The Wild Iris
The Wild Iris At the end of my suffering there was a door. Hear me out: that which you call death I remember. Overhead, noises, branches of the pine shifting. Then nothing. The weak sun flickered over the dry surface. It is terrible to survive as consciousness buried in the dark earth. Then it was …
Glamesticity
A friend of mine is a mother of three, cafe owner, and model. She recently posted a picture of her right after coming home from a modeling shoot. She looked absolutely gorgeous. And she was standing in her kitchen. She told me she was about to make her husband a snack. It was the perfect …