Guest Blogger
Media Beauty Circus: Change the Way You Think About What You Think
We are delighted to have a guest post from one of the most insightful, ambitious, and effervescent writers on the ‘net. Ellie Di is a headologist, spiritual nomad, compulsive scribbler, literary midwife, professional pompom shaker, and master of the delicious mess. She spends her days writing like a motherfucker and plotting the next Big Thing. [...]
My 23-Year-Old Bottom
“I weigh more now than I have before, and now that I’m older it’s settling differently… …aka in my ass and thighs… …but I’m kind of on board with it. I feel hot, so fuck it. Frankly, I don’t feel like devoting my energy to sculpting the ass of a 12 yr old out of [...]
Out of the Nest: Fashion, At First, Was a Hiding Place
This is a guest post by Leanne at “A Touch of Bedlam,” a smorgasbord of personal experience and critical analysis, covering topics from gender and culture, to fashion and body image, to writing and productivity. Leanne is a mixed-race, twentysomething, culturequeer girl who divides her time between the States and Hong Kong. I am short, [...]
Shifting Focus
I used to say I Love my Curves…. but now I love my cells. Powerful, tiny impulses Little explosions like science dancing with my soul. I have never known before that I could love myself so deeply. Aleah Robbins Poet, Artist, Amazing Cook & Excellent headstand-er
#LadyPornDay: Self Love & Sexual Education
Today’s post, in honor of Lady Porn Day, comes from a blogger and sex educator who, for this contribution, chooses to remain anonymous. To read more about Lady Porn Day, visit RabbitWrite.com/LadyPornDay, or click the image above!. I remember being about eight years old when I first noticed that something down there felt good. I [...]
Can’t Stand the Hate: Cutting BridalPlasty Down to Size
Kristy is an occasional guest blogger for The Demoiselles and a member of the TD community (moniker “Owl“); an opinionated 20-whatever-something who can’t seem to shut up about feminist, queer, and fat issues; a Tumbl-er who posts pretty things, funny things, random things and her personal theology (Owls & Elephants); a damn good baker and [...]
Out of the Nest: Medicinal Marzipan
Marzipan is a twenty-five year old with an English degree, a penchant for body image activism, an over active imagination, and a desire to love and adore herself and others truly and imperfectly and to the best of her abilities. Her blog, Medicinal Marzipan, is both a record of her recovery from a lifetime of [...]
Out Of The Nest: Alterations Needed
Alterations Needed is a twenty-something city girl who dumped her college-age closet with a vow to build a respectable adult wardrobe. However, at a towering 4’11″ tall, she found herself too small for conventional garment sizing, and constantly pointed towards the children’s department by well meaning “average-sizers”. Refusing such injustices, she started a blog documenting [...]
Out of the Nest: Fitness For Survivors
This is a post by Julie Goodale. We were elated when Julie contacted us with her story. She is an incredibly brave woman who has truly taken control of a negative, and turned it into a positive. If The Demoiselles is about one thing, it would be that very concept. Please visit Julie’s amazing blog, [...]
Out of the Nest: Jaime, the Denim Debutante, on Weight.
Jaime, our favorite jeans fiend over at the Denim Debutante, is a huge supporter of body positivity and self-love…but every path has its struggles. This guest post is truly touching, and reminds all of us that every woman – no matter how enviable her body seems – has demons within her. Keep Jaime’s story in [...]
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