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Buying Myself Back

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 16, 2020October 19, 2022

Emily Ratajkowski writes an essay on celebrity, objectification, and consent. “I’ve become more familiar with seeing myself through the paparazzi’s lenses than I am with looking at myself in the mirror. And I have learned that my image, my reflection, is not my own.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story

by Carolita Johnson April 26, 2019October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story

by Carolita Johnson April 26, 2019October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story

by Sari Botton January 2, 2019October 19, 2022

In the latest installment in her illustrated series, Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story

by Carolita Johnson January 2, 2019October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story

by Carolita Johnson January 2, 2019October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job

by Sari Botton August 2, 2018October 19, 2022

In the second installment of her illustrated essay series, Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How the Modern Modeling Agency Came to Be

by juliawick May 28, 2015October 19, 2022

This was a precursor for what would become the protocol by which models were paid for the rest of the century, but as Natálie [Nickerson] put it to Eileen [Ford] in their late-night Barbizon conversations, the system was back to front. According to Eileen, Natálie told her, “Models were treated as if they worked for […]

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