Out of the Nest
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. [...]
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, [...]
Link Love
This is a collection of brilliant posts collected by The Demoiselles over the week. Some may have been featured on our Twitter, some may have been sent to use through email, or by our friends on Facebook. Please check out, and send love to the blogs featured here – they’re all worth a look! We [...]
Links à la Mode: It’s Getting Hot in Here
It’s Getting Hot In Here Edited by Ann of Holier than Now Though you may be living in a snow globe (sure feels like it here on the East Coast), you’re never out in the cold – assuming the snow hasn’t knocked out your internet … This week’s links will warm you up with hot [...]
Something’s Got to Give: Living With Body Dysmorphia
“I’m just not allowing myself to wallow. If I feel triggered by something, I get out of that situation. Immediately. No apologies. If it means skipping a post or skipping a party or admitting that i can’t help in a situation, I’m doing it. If I’m getting ready in the morning and I feel gross [...]
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 [...]
Smashing Darling Giveaway Winner!
After much toiling, and some great entries on our Flickr Pool… We’ve chosen a winner for our second [better?] giveaway! The winner is… TOTUS MEL! She won for her submitted image, below, taken by her 5-year old daughter – stunning and precious. (Plus, she’s rocking a gorgeous top from an Etsy designer – how can [...]
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Noteworthy Commentary
Once in a while, a reader floors me with their perspective and willingness to share their story. It happened again today while reading Cals’ comment on In The Dark: Lately, I’ve just tried putting things in perspective. When I look at myself in the mirror to evaluate how I’ve arranged things for the day, I [...]