When I first imagined blogging about fashion or being involved in the modeling business, I was a teenager with somewhat naïve thoughts about what the industry was really about. I had grown up doing ballet and theatre, and to me, the catwalk and the photography studio were just extensions of the same type of performance, […]
Dear readers, welcome to a two-part series of articles about food. As many of my friends and family know, I am personally and professional interested a lot of topics that surround food, from my great love for the Food Network and my deep hatred of “fitspiration.” I thought that I’d take some time to articulate […]
Verbatim Because I am a woman when I am enraged over political or social injustices you will tell me that I am too emotional that I am reactive and ultimately illogical. Because I am a woman when I am stressed out or craving community or company you will tell me that all I need is […]
Those who know me on Facebook, or who may have peeked at some of the other pages on my site will know that I often post photos of myself. They’re not the standard snapshots of myself in front of monuments on vacation, but rather, usually feature a lot of makeup and facial expressions of all […]
As a doctoral student in English, I am frequently asked (by family, friends, and acquaintances) what it is that I study and teach. While my dissertation, specifically, is a study of the rhetoric of sexual violence and memoirs about rape, my research and teaching interests about violence and trauma have also revolved around racialized and […]
It’s the start of the new year, and, as with every year, the body-shaming weight-loss parade is well at work in our society. The bookstore displays are laden with every diet plan possible; the dieters are beginning their journey down many of the promises they’ve made themselves year after year (promises, which, by the way, […]
