Like many girls who turned three in 2007, I watched Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses like it was a requirement. The sisters mesmerized me—their steps light and delicate, but their personalities bright and bold. I would bounce around my living room trying to mimic their moves, matching their faces, and pretending that I had my own brightly colored dress. There, in front of my TV, I was a ballerina, too…
I don’t know who I am, and, frankly, I don’t know what I’m doing. I exist in a “gray area,” the in-between of becoming and being, a liminal space of perpetual questioning. Or, to put it less dramatically, I’m approaching post-grad…
How do you move when you’re too afraid to blink? How do you scream when you’re too afraid to breathe? Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is defined by Merriam- Webster as “a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event…
Back in February, New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery was decked out in hand-painted scenic murals, rich velvet curtains, vintage rugs, and animal print furnishing. The decor gave a preview of what was to come…
I’ve hated my body for as long as I can remember—until this year.
As a 2003 baby, my whole childhood was surrounded by Today show weight loss segments, crazy infomercial diets, Victoria’s Secret bombshell bras, and photoshopped magazine covers…
From ages 12 to 16, every time someone asked if I got my period yet, I always shrugged and said, “Guess I’m a late bloomer.” Then, I’d waddle away, trying to de-wedgie four pads that I had stacked on top of one another….
Crash Landing Directed by Kylie Lohse Photographed by Sophie Scholl Makeup by Kylie Lohse Modeled by Lauren Scott, Abby Wright, Lyss Peddle, & Isabela Cuenca
On Thanksgiving last year, I ended up in the psych ward. Not intentionally—though I’m not sure many purposefully seek out cutting up their food with only a spoon—but as a true New Englander, I needed my daily iced coffee, and my usual Dunkin’ was closed for the occasion. The map said my mobile pickup was a 10-minute walk near Tufts Medical Center. Half an hour of circling later, I found the Dunkin’ inside, wedged between the emergency room and the psych ward. Even the asylum runs on Dunkin’, I suppose…
Carnal Directed by Viviana Rodriguez Photographed by Morgan Glantz Makeup by Niko Rincon Modeled by Andy Brown, Abby Cockerel, Julia O’Connor, Tristan Young, Violet Woodley, Akili Bandele, and Keavy Crowe