Role Reboot

My Personal Body Revolution Doesn’t Need To Be Televised

If we—as women with diverse body types, skin tones, and abilities—get to define for ourselves what beauty and sexiness look like, then the power will no longer rest with those who pad their fortunes with our self-loathing. I’m one of those women who has spent most of my life in and out of cycles of […]

The Real Reason I Ran A Half Marathon

I’m 190 pounds, and wanted to be able to tell people I did it. I like being one of those big women who confounds expectations. I like twisting myself into a pretzel at yoga, leaning into an arm balance, attempting, though often failing, to lift gracefully into an inversion. I don’t mind that my belly rolls […]