Role Reboot

‘One Creates Oneself’: On Being A Feminist Who Loves Makeup

I reject the insistence that a woman can’t choose what makes her feel beautiful without regard for the judgement of others. 1997: The girls at school collect Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers. We line them up on one of our desks, form a circle, compare. The most basic come in standard fruit flavors like lime and […]

Letting Go Of Trying To Be Perfect

Perfection is the archenemy of productivity and happiness. For many years, I wrote mostly in my head. I might spend an entire day or even a week formulating a single sentence, turning the words over in my mind like agates in a tumbler until they came out gleaming and smooth, ready at last to be committed to […]