Unlike my husband and toddler, my love language is not primarily physical affection. I need to be near those I love, but I don’t necessarily need a whole lot of touch. Many nights in bed I naturally graviate to my own cool space once it’s time to sleep, but no matter what, both my husband […]
Is Every Girl Beautiful?
Every girl is beautiful. So say the many ad campaigns of the body-positive movement in an effort to end the epidemics of eating disorders, self-hatred, and low self-esteem among girls and women. And I agree. Every girl is beautiful. Every human being is beautiful. I believe we were created, and we are thereby works of art — […]
On Creeps
He’s kinda creepy. I’ve heard it countless times used to describe countless guys— as if calling them rude or inconsiderate or dumb or arrogant except not— “creepy” is another level of criticism. It’s a branding. A tattoo on a reputation. When a girl hears a guy described as creepy there’s pretty much no way she […]
