Tag: personal essays

I have never been sexually assaulted

I have never been sexually assaulted. When I was five-years-old I went to an in-home daycare, run by a woman who had a son and some daughters (a combination of my age…

I competed in a beauty pageant for feminism

Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado has been crowned the queen of election media since Hillary Clinton mentioned Donald Trump’s mistreatment of her during last week’s US presidential debate. With beauty contest imagery…

Leg hair: A love story

When I was nine years old, I found nothing more amusing than watching people react in horror to my soft and innocent little leg hairs. Teenage girls who I looked up to…