I want to talk about the people that we avoid talking about. The people we avoid making eye contact with when we’re at a stop light or walking down the street.
Month: December 2015
A love crisis.
“You are a rare bird, the kind I wouldn’t even mind writing in the margins of my books.” -Ani DiFranco
I’m in love with my best friend. Oh…and she lives with her boyfriend of two years.
I Really Like Your Boobs
In 2010, I lost 50lbs. With a weight loss such as this, my boobs hit the ground. I had never had any intention of getting a breast augmentation before, despite working and loving the beauty industry. I preferred a more natural look for myself. However, when facing the choice of the condition of my breasts after the weight loss, I decided to go with breast augmentation. Continue reading
The Woman in Apartment #4
She’s a lonely, bitter old woman.
She told my roommate once that she hopes dirt enters her eyes. Ironically, the woman’s eyes appear to be darker than the color of dirt itself, an illustration of what her soul must look like. Continue reading
Twitter & Sharkmuffin
Tiptoe Life
The first thing a lot of people ask me always been, “Why do you walk on your toes?” They might try to hide it in questions about whether I do ballet or something, but I always kind of know what they’re getting at. “You don’t walk like a normal person. Why is that?”
My Father, The Former Coal Miner
My dad used to work in the coal mines of West Virginia. This was before I was born and right around the time my parents got married. His father and uncles were coal miners as well and my grandfather wished for my dad to work anywhere but the mines. Continue reading
The Pill, an IUD, and more!
The first time I had an anxiety attack was at a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore during my senior year of high school. I was 17 years old and there to get my first birth control pill prescription.
Obvious or not obvious?
A few inabilities are a greater number of clear than others. Numerous are quickly obvious, particularly on the off chance that somebody depends on a wheelchair or stick. In any case, others — known as “imperceptible” inabilities — are most certainly not. Individuals who live with them face specific difficulties in the work environment and in their communities. Continue reading
Gymtimidation.
One of my favorite things to talk about is gyms. Not because I’m a hardcore “gym rat” or that I consider it a hobby Continue reading
Unruly Bodies 