I stare at my closet every morning and think the same thing: “What the hell am I going to wear today?” As I look over my multicolored plastic hangers, I enter a trance-like state in which I imagine the audiences, purposes, and contexts that I will need to exist in between this moment and the minute I can finally take off my bra and put on pajamas again. I think to myself for … [Read more...]
How to Buy a Pair of Jeans
There’s something about the experience of shopping for clothes that can bring out the worst—and the best—in a person. When clothes don’t fit, it’s hard not to take it personally on some level. Dressing the body in radical self-love means that clothes should fit the body instead of the body fitting the clothes. It doesn’t matter what the tag says or what gender the garment is … [Read more...]