I bought some eyeliner recently on a whim & have worn it a couple times. It's weird, applying eyeliner for the first time in about 20 years.

I've avoided makeup entirely for a very long time, because it made me feel bad about myself. It seemed like a culturally-prescribed mask, like an embodiment of the assumption that women are not beautiful ( Read more... )

my response to today's writing group prompt: "perfection ( Read more... )

Well, at least my recent questions are answered: I am definitely bipolar. Lately I'd been wondering (and so had Shannon) whether I might be hypomanic, because it seemed like some of the symptoms might be present, but we weren't sure. I worried that I was prejudiced against identifying it, since I've been questioning the Bipolar II diagnosis for the ( Read more... )

I used to have this beautiful, smooth, silky hair, usually down to my waist. Strangers would often approach me on the street, on buses, in stores, just to compliment me on my hair, and often to adjure, "Don't ever cut it!" (That was usually old ladies who said that part ( Read more... )