Another beauty of endurance is that it is happening at all times. It is everywhere we look. To see someone, anyone, in this world is to witness someone engaged in a feat of endurance.
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Dear IU, Our Bodies Are Fine
“I knew my body wasn’t ‘right’; it didn’t look like the bodies of the K-pop idols and Korean actresses I grew up admiring.”
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There She Goes: How to ‘Feminize’ a Face
How a trans woman found the surgery that could restore her sense of self.
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My Mustache, My Self
A quarantine facial-hair experiment led Wesley Morris to consider his Blackness, maleness, and self.
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Molly and the Unicorn
Emily Flake reflects on the shifting nature of magic and power in middle age.
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Searching Sephora for an Antidote to Aging — and Grief
Five years after her mother’s death, while still grieving and suddenly middle-aged, Abby Mims turns to beauty products to cure what ails her.
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Finding Solace in the Charged Particles of the Aurora Borealis
“Cree First Nations believe ‘the northern lights are dancing spirits of loved ones who have passed on.’”
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We All Die In the End, But Our Skin Looks Great: A Reading List
Are you happy and well-rested, or did you just find a great new snail collagen sheet mask?
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Better Late
From straightening her teeth to finding her true love, Summer Block has reached the milestones in her life later than most.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
On Beauty and Disability
Examining the body, disability, and the damaging idea of objective beauty.