It’s spring, and to marketers, that means it’s time to ramp up the destruction of women’s self-esteem once more. As we shed our puffy coats, we’re bombarded with images of short-shorts and bikinis, followed closely by 14 Day Fixes, spring cleanses and a thousand different ways to get our bodies … [Read more...]
Wretched, Stretched
The stretch marks have landed. If I didn't know better, I'd think nothing of the tiny pink dots that have appeared on either side of my belly, but since this is my third pregnancy, I know what those seemingly innocent pink dots become: hot, red grooves running down my tummy, like the angry … [Read more...]