HeyJaredBeyond Desirable
What comes after a woman's "expiration date" for being desirable? Exploring power, visibility, pleasure, embodiment, loss, creating a life that isn't constrained by the need to be pleasing to anyone, and whatever else sparks my curiosity.
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Why Murdering Your Inner Misogynist Just Might Change The World (opens the original)
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In college, I decided I was a feminist. I don’t think I really knew what feminism was about—except for the part that it meant believing that women were entitled to equal rights as men. I mean, how could anyone not be for equality? But, honestly, I thought the equality part had already been “taken care of” (at least in the United States where I was living ), courtesy of Gloria Steinem and her bra burning colleagues during the 1970’s second wave of feminism. Also, it seemed way cooler to call myse
What Is Wrong With Her Face?! (opens the original)
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The other day, I stumbled upon an Instagram post by actress Sherilyn Fenn. The selfie included the accompanying text: “This is what an actress looks like with her soul intact & who does not drink children’s blood[1] . No makeup. This is 61. A little colored lip balm… I know poor haters gotta hate as they hate themselves.” (The post appears to have been taken down, so here is a link to her Instagram account. Fenn, who starred in the David Lynch cult classic series
Do You Know Where Your Vulva Is? (opens the original)
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I was pretty sure I knew where mine was, until I needed to have surgery last month and realized I should double check to make sure. I thought it was my labia where I needed to have a tumor removed. Why then was the procedure called a vulvar excision?Confirmation: the labia is definitely part of the vulva. But my uncertainty got me thinking about how I seldom pay much attention to what goes on down in and around my pelvis when it comes to my health. I get my annual Pap smear and mammogram. If a
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