December 2011
93 posts
Real Girl Bellies
THIS
http://www.xojane.com/fun/gallery/xojane-real-girl-belly-project-part-two
Notice how by “real girl” they don’t mean what a lot of these kinds of articles do: “socially unacceptably fat girl” which presumes that skinny girls are somehow not ‘real’, cannot possibly be plagued with body issues. The bellies showcased here come in ALL shapes and sizes....
racism 101
http://www.xojane.com/issues/sometimes-i-worry-boston-making-me-racist
This site is really hit-and-miss. Sometimes it’s just your typical makeup-pushing, celebrity-worshiping, brandname-idolizing “women’s magazine”. But sometimes articles like this come along and articulate something important.
“Unfortunately, I participate in racism to an extent simply because I...
Moratorium on novels and memoirs in which New York is a ~*character*~ itself....
– Regina, who is my favorite. (via youveescaped
reblogged for necessity.
(via note-a-bear)
all i wanna do is wear dark lipstick and shave my...
I think I have some unresolved angst here. Every time I visit my hometown I get all moody and lustful after short floral dresses, tall doc martins, appropriated Catholic artifacts, and obnoxiously subversive hair styles.
I wanna do ecstasy and wear fishnets! Except not really! I just really want to piss my parents off!