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fruitassembly

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Maison Margiela twisted ring F/W 2015

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cong he for vogue italia may 2017

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“Duality”. Photographed by Anoush Abrar

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Lars Van De Goor on Instagram

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Caris Reid

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Sarees on sea

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melitta baumeister fw19

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Can you recommend any writers/thinkings who discuss living with a sense of physical ugliness, that goes beyond generic body positivity?

Since I am both drunk and utterly content sure sure.  I’m not body positive, not really in the way it is written about. I do appreciate it though I’m more interested in ugliness and other things. Here is a preliminary syllabus.

Specific essays:

Swole Without a Goal by my man Anshuman 

Meg Elison’s essay for the establishment

Obviously Leslie Jamison’s essay on pain

Ragini’s essay for Rookie: “Beauty paled before me: I was radiant and terrible as the sun.” 😩✨💕

My Sister’s Legs

This essay on endometriosis 

Not an essay but by an essayist, maggie nelson for machine project

Tobin Siebers in conversation with mike levin on disability and beauty is one of my favorite and most precious mind-twins

Books:

Preorder Melissa Broder’s Last Sext, it is so good, I keep rereading it

Alice Notley is essential (no house in beauty or power/just myself)

Niina’s Dead Horse is so good i hate it so much (the ultimate arabelle compliment)

autobiography of a face

If you don’t already own Bhanu Kapil’s works you require all of it, particularly Incubation and Humanimal (undoubtedly my #1 fave poet and influence) 

Comics: Monstress and The Beauty 

That should keep you busy for awhile

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naomi @ valentino ss19

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2019 better be the year of everyone minding their own fucking business

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I hope everyone’s minding their own fucking business so far

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@lordbape is this it

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I’m crying

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