Tag Archives: self-image
Culture of Silence
A few months before my 21st birthday, my Grandma messaged me: “Do you know you have broken the cycle of maternal women having their first child at a very young … Continue reading
Fantasies in Leather
Every now and again, I start to question why I desire the things that I desire. I’ve wondered for years why I’m enamored with things like red lipstick, or why … Continue reading
Invisible Queer
It’s always frustrated me that my queerness often goes unread and unnoticed by people around me. Don’t get me wrong— my sexual preference is definitely not my number one identifying … Continue reading
You Do You?
I’m of the concave persuasion as I have a vulva, but when I masturbate, I like to imagine I’ve got a cock. So what does that make me? I think … Continue reading
Being Bound
International shipping is painfully slow. My boyfriend sent my birthday present well before the day I turned twenty, but it wasn’t until this week that I received the present. It … Continue reading
SWUG and Proud
“I texted two sophomore guys and got rejected by both, but I don’t even care because I have a bottle of wine and my $150 vibrator–I LOVE SWUG LIFE.” Thus … Continue reading
Standards of Beauty
“I prefer my women with meat on their bones,” he said as the other people in the room nodded knowingly. They bemoaned our culture’s standard of beauty that seems at … Continue reading
