Lifestyle. Melanin. Me: Off the Beaten Path.
Read Part Un here. That previous post mentioned how, in part, my posture certainly changed when puberty reared her head and pronounced me worthy of her, uh, magnanimous gifts. You get my drift. Things grew, and fast. As I got older, those “gifts” not only added to my terrible posture—honestly, they were the main reason …
Continue reading "Straightening Up and Flying Right, Part Deux."
Support your Square Peg! Support your Square Peg! Support your... I wrote and submitted a guest blog post that was shared on the The Sum of Many Things, "A Lifestyle, Wellness and Personal Development Blog for Busy Women of Color." (Amazing tagline, right?) Direct link to my post is here. I'd love to hear/read your thoughts …
Continue reading "{Guest Blogger} – “I Fell in Love…With Myself”"
I've talked about body image/self image on here more times I can link or number. It's an important thing to me. Having struggled for so, so long with a dangerous, damaging view of myself and my physical body (there was quite some mental/emotional toxicity going on, too), and having crossed to that other side where …
This speaks to me. When I was younger, especially in my teens and a large part of my twenties, I was desperate for someone in my life who could pull me through. Through those moments when loving myself was non-factor. When I would look in the mirror and loathe the girl looking back at me. When I …
I won't get into why I love Mindy Kaling more than you'll ever understand--and I do, I just stinkin' do--but this excerpt (printed in Glamour magazine) from her forthcoming second book of essays, Why Not Me?, (a title that was basically the theme of one of my recent short stories; I may post the whole thing on here soon) is …
Every day I go through the average door. But yesterday was a unique day. So I chose to go through the beautiful one. Therein lies the power of Dove's new inspirational ad campaign. (They've been quietly setting a new precedent when it comes to ads about beauty and women, Dove. I love it and I don't think …
"...and it inspired me to buy some and wear it whenever I go out." My sister said these words to me the other evening as we headed out to dinner. Nice, huh? (Incidentally, she was indeed wearing her new burgundy lippy from MAC, and she wore it proudly.) Just reminded me that gone are the days …
I saw this question on a post from The Curvy Fashionista from last year and was moved to answer the call. Thanks for the inspiration, TCF. Ok, here we go. Dear Belly, You're giving me the side eye, aren't you? Because I chose you as the favorite part of my body? And you're like, please …
Last night, as I stepped into my friend's car for us to head to an appointment, she regarded me with a blank expression on her face and said the following: Friend: I almost didn't recognize you when you came out of the house. Me: Huh? Friend: That pencil skirt, that blouse. You have curves! WHY HAVE …
On this much belated Gratitude Friday, I was inspired by the words of actress Gabourey Sidibe during the Gloria Awards (honoring Gloria Steinem), as tweeted by the awesome Awesomely Luvvie: "I'm grateful to...my 5th grade class because if they hadn't made me cry, I wouldn't be able to cry on cue now." I was moved …
This Square Peg. 