Let’s see who we are and like what we see. Enough already. I love glossy women’s magazines. I’ve always loved clothes, and shoes, and beautiful objects beautifully shot. Of course, as a teenager growing up with an artificial leg, I never saw my body reflected in magazines like Sassy or Seventeen, but at the time […]
Sure, it’s inclusive. But it still reduces women to their physical appearance. Well, we’ve finally done it. We’ve reached equal opportunity objectification for women! Many of my feminist friends understandably appreciated and shared: This article about now-elderly Playboy pin-up girls from decades ago showing they still have it. This article about a woman who paints nudes […]
This originally appeared on Eat The Damn Cake. Republished here with permission. “Real woman” is beginning to sound a little like an accusation. Like a failing. You’re the cold, pimply truth. And there’s no mistaking it: Being a “real” woman is all about what you look like. I got an email from one of those […]
