Body Perception

I’m going for skinny cut this time – venturing away from boot cut! Yes, I’m doing it! I’ve hated all skinny jeans I’ve ever tried on. But today will be…

It was our third day as obviously American tourists, and I had grown so comfortable with being manhandled by unknown men that I started viewing my boobs as convenient handholds…

Those are the three most random words to appear together in a subject line. But somehow, growing up in China in the 1980s, they describe the beginning, middle and end…

Recently, while contemplating my history of masturbation, I realized it would make a great 5-act play. Act 1: Pre-Teen and Pre-Masturbation I don’t remember masturbating when I was young. I did…

It’s never been surprising to me that there’s a “Pink Tax.” We’re in a world that loves to gender – and often misgender - everything. Who can forget Bic’s classic…

It's been years since I've taken a good, hard look at my face. “How is that possible?” you may ask, especially in this social-media-obsessed culture where we're constantly snapping mobile…

Self-care is crucial, but it might be hard for many of us to identify when we need it. It’s all too easy to get wrapped up in our hectic daily…

I like to think that when I was born, I emerged fully clothed in a lime green sequined onesie. Because emerging naked in public is just not something I would…

I am a freelance writer and I write from the perspective of a 20-something, tall drink of manic-depression, proficient in barely passable French, with a face for radio. I’ve been…

Americans have an unusual relationship with jeans. Technically I’m an American; I was born here and currently reside in this United States of ‘Merica, but I don't connect with certain…