Category: Personal Essays
-
What to expect when you quit shaving
“You don’t shave your legs yet?” she asked in a familiar, I’m-more-mature-than-you 12-year-old voice. “Yes I do,” I lied. As soon as I got home, I begged my mom to let me start shaving. She relented. And the tedium of following gender norms marched onward through a new generation. “Do I shave my arms, too?” I analyzed…
-
One Question Interview with Jade Beall
Jade Beall’s gorgeous photographs from A Beautiful Body Project burst onto the international scene a few years ago, empowering women and men to love their bodies just as they are – dimples, folds, wrinkles, scars, rolls and all. Overnight, we were given permission to be proud of our bodies rather than ashamed and constantly worried about whether…
-
SolLit: A Magazine of Diverse Voices — Call for Bloggers
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: From our friends at SolLit: In the wake of the tragic church shooting in Charleston, SolLit: A Magazine of Diverse Voices?has launched?a new blog series –?Dialogue on RACE, CULTURE & CLASS. As a literary magazine promoting diversity of all types, we must have a voice in times of crisis.…
-
Inspired Nation #2b: Joanne Miller
By the time class started, there were several other people sitting with us, seeking salvation. What we found was a bridge. Leading us over the choppy waves of chronic pain.
-
Inspired Nation #2a, aka “I got hit by a semi”
The front of my car (where I sit with my arms in the air, watching my steering wheel spin) jolted to the left, as the back of my car went to the right. My side of the car slammed into the front of the semi as it continued to push me down the highway.
Trynia Kaufman 