Is There an “Acceptable” Female Body Shape?

Is There an “Acceptable” Female Body Shape?

Throughout history women’s bodies have been cherished, criticized and molded into “perfection.” However, what is considered “perfection” if beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Is perfection thin, curvy, big breasts, small breasts, or a tiny waist? The popular...
Strange but Unique Products for Women

Strange but Unique Products for Women

Throughout centuries women have gone to extreme measures to be beautiful. Fast-forward to our current society, and not too much has changed. Inventors and marketers alike have been capitalizing on this insatiable quest that women have to find “miracle” beauty...
New Year, New Image

New Year, New Image

The New Year brings a lot of changes, some of them welcome and some of them cringe-worthy and unwarranted. For many of us, especially the voluptuous and curvy ones, New Year’s resolutions often include some type of weight loss goal. For some of us, weight gain and...
Ode to My Big Toe

Ode to My Big Toe

  I’m hurt, and a great sharpness pains My mind, as though I had stubbed my big toe, Or been struck with lightning through my soul. In a minute, I was rolling on the floor squealing, “Pity! Pity me! I could hardly see!” I had kicked the foot of my bed in the...
Sonnet for my Ear Lobe

Sonnet for my Ear Lobe

As the last evolutionary vestige of ancient ancestry My earlobe simply hangs.  It isn’t much fun. It’s just a fleshy, bodily accessory. That’s why I got it pierced when I turned 21. Cartilage, skin, and a light peach fuzz, The ear lobe is a rather small bit. Though...