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Sisterhood between women has been largely robbed from us. We are taught that female friendship is fraudulent; that despite our bonding, we are all perpetually in competition with each other – for men, success, and so we find ourselves in opposition to the identity of femaleness in our society – weak, bitchy, superficial. We proclaim that we are “not like other girls,” while we consume media which portrays female relationships as (almost exclusively) opportunistic, competitive but most of all – centered around men rather than each other (see: the Bechdel test). It’s time we transcend the barriers that have been placed between us; the separation only weakens our attempts at bettering ourselves and the society we find ourselves in. But it isn’t going to be as easy as recognizing, examining and rejecting the ideologies we have absorbed since childhood – and trust me, unlearning sexist racist hegemonic dominance is no easy task. No, this involves something more subtle than protests, than a...

A t-shirt came in the mail today. But not just any t-shirt... One of my favorite artists, Daniel Fuerrero Fernandez , sent me his art on a shirt...that's now art on my body. It's so beautiful in person, too. Softer and better quality than I've found in a t-shirt in a long time. I already know I'm going to live in this shirt, and since it's up for pre-order right now, I knew I had to tell my honey-nut cheerios about it (that's y'all. i don't know where that nickname came from).   but first here's my face...?

I write a feminist column for an amazing tattoo, pin-up, art, and culture magazine Missy/Ink Magazine ( available online and in print here !)  it's a really lovely group of women who are all about supporting each other and their community. I recently went to Missy/Ink's anniversary gala which raised money for the local women's shelter in my city! I feel blessed to have found a space to be explicitly and unapologetically feminist in my writing.    one of my articles was a cover story (above) and  i've even modeled  for the magazine (right)! So, my latest article was a renewal of a piece I wrote about body hair. I wanted to share it with y'all. And, if you are interested in past or future articles I've written for Missy/Ink please consider ordering issues, and check out  the magazine's fundraising campaign  to help it get onto a shelf near you!! The article reads as follows...