I grew up looking at images of ‘heroin chic’ supermodels, for whom nothing tasted better than how thin felt. 1990s beauty standards were defined by Kate Moss’s protruding ribs, while teen girls’ magazines warned of an epidemic of anorexia and bulimia. https://www.flickr.com/photos/9355127@N07/35710732331/in/photostream/ The term body-shaming hadn’t been coined yet, but the rise of magazines outlining [...]
Where I am from, Dolores O’Riordan was the only rock star that mattered, because she was just like us. And then she wasn’t. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s She proved that the world knew where we were, and that raw talent could do it for you. She was one of the biggest rock stars in the world, and she [...]
Dear Diary, It’s been about 16 years since I kept a diary, and when I did, I was younger even than 16. I thought I was going to be the next Anne Frank (tragic death aside) and that generations would find my diaries, marvel at the unfairness of my life, thrill at the mundanity of a [...]
