I always thought of my body as a canvas for identity. The black body hair growing out of my stark brown skin as an ode to my roots. Skin stretching over fat and muscle forming curves and flat planes, sprinkled with stretchmarks to remind me how seamlessly I’ve grown. Skin that the sun greets likeContinue reading “A Guide to Self-Fetishization: “South Asian” Edition”
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Hollow Voices at Long Tables
A few people that I have been acquainted with over the years have turned into motivational Instagram influencers. In an articulate and empathetic fashion, they bring together affirmations and human psychology to represent the confidence that they hold within themselves. They then attempt to instill that confidence into their viewership – they reach out ofContinue reading “Hollow Voices at Long Tables”