It's the morning after removing my earrings and I'm spending it lying around. See my earrings, the lonely double helix studs, now without their crowning crescent moons. Ah, the most noticeable thing about this picture, the throbbing emptiness. Despite the lack of my signature red lipstick (or any makeup really other than the obligatory eyeliner) …
Category: body image
Heartbroken
It’s been a week and as it turns out, I do have to remove the top double helix piercings—the two crescent moons. “Do I really have to take out the ring?” I asked sadly. “I don’t want to sound dramatic,” said the piercer. “But it just doesn’t look healthy.” This was a gentle way of …
Foreign Bodies
Almost two years ago, I (finally) visited a chiropractor. "Good news," he said. "Your back pain isn't spinal. It's muscular. You're 25; WHY are you so tense?" "Average citizens are advised to save water when the enormous agricultural industry consumes 70% of the world's freshwater and wastes it on excessive irrigation and crops unsuitable for …
Imitating the Appearances of People of Color
I've been thinking about appropriation--not just cultural appropriation, but of a variation of appropriation that is equally if not just a little more sinister: the appropriation of appearance. This is something that is bodily, involves policing the autonomy itself of women of color, and results in valuing the woman wearing the imitation more than the …
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Things That Make Me Happy
Sometimes when my hair is undone it looks something like this: Except it still grows down, not up, and the result is a "nightmare." To come across it in professional photography, even if it is just to showcase a hair salon, is such a funny feeling.
“White people don’t have a monopoly on genetic variation.” –Chally Kacelnik
I wrote this elsewhere but am posting it here for two reasons. Firstly, I want to link you to this article written by Chally stating that white people don’t have a monopoly on genetic variation and I want to talk about it. (Actually, I’m just going to grab this opportunity to link a few essentials …
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I am menstruating, so nail polish obviously.
If you’re unfamiliar with this little routine (since it’s been a while since I’ve written a post like this) long story short(ened): the majority of Muslims believe that one cannot perform the ablution ritual before prayers with nail polish on her fingernails because the polish creates a barrier between her nails and the water, thus …
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the fatal feminist 