health

It’s everywhere. It’s growing. And it has the potential to screw up the body image of a whole generation of women.

“It’s a good idea to empty your bladder.”

Something powerful shifted for me when I turned 30. I decided to stop caring about my weight as a means to measure my success, beauty and worth as a woman. I gave myself permission to care for my body, and to care for the woman inside that body first.

Without sufficient estrogen in your body, you begin growing a crop of course hair on your chin. If you are as lucky as I am, they are PITCH BLACK!

"I have been able to be proud of my body so far because I sort of lucked out, falling in with the body type of wide social acceptance."

Spotted: Downtown San Jose

I can’t just eat in moderation—at least not yet. But I am fine-tuning and honing and perfecting my body with the honor, respect, and love of a hand-crafted sword.

For every 100 black women, there are 83 black men. This is not the case in white America, where for every 100 women, there are 99 men, almost complete parity.