As I work on my new essay on menopause, here are a few I've already written: Going through perimenopause during a pandemic has taught me to focus on emerging. We cannot reverse. We will emerge, our hearts unhealed and scarred but awesome. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1546468921628303361
I refuse to emerge as if unscathed. I insist that we all be scathed, that we refuse to be the people we were at the start of the pandemic. A pandemic, like revolution, does not happen overnight. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
The pandemic and perimenopause--the right &left speaker that give stereo to my life--have fucked up my sleep. Accustomed now to waking up every 2hrs, I have a comfort routine at the ready: I soothe myself with eyeliner. I call it Deliberate Beauty feministgiant.com/p/deliberate-b…
Ancient Egyptian word for “makeup palette” means “to protect.”
My ancestors believed Kohl eyeliner protected them vs harsh sunlight or the Evil Eye; I believe eyeliner I apply every day protects me vs the harsh days of pandemic & perimenopause with Deliberate Beauty
My ancestors believed Kohl eyeliner protected them vs harsh sunlight or the Evil Eye; I believe eyeliner I apply every day protects me vs the harsh days of pandemic & perimenopause with Deliberate Beauty
On my menopausal belly: When I look at the Standing Nefertitie statuette, my belly nods at her belly, knowingly.
What is art if not also the echo of such nods, across millennia, telling us how familiar it is to be human. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
What is art if not also the echo of such nods, across millennia, telling us how familiar it is to be human. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
To look honestly at our bodies as we age is to begin to understand what Bruce Lee meant when he said, “Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless — like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
What does desire look like liberated from the pressure of heteronormativity and enforced monogamy? What desire is a cis woman who is child free by choice “allowed” to have at 54 years of age? feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des…
For too long, I'd been told I “didn’t look” whatever age I was, as if it were a compliment, not the loathing of aging we're socialized into. Not for all the money in the world would I go back to being younger. My 20s & at least half my 30s were miserable: I felt I had no power.
Now here I am, w/more power, being told I “didn’t look” this age I feel I’ve finally earned. I post #ThisIs54 to say “Here's a middle aged woman. Look,” at a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed. 📷 @rerutled 
Whenever I want anyone to know how utterly wrenching–and also liberating– it is to go through perimenopause, I will say, nay YELL: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. Watch the film! feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me…
I don’t care if that’s not what The Daniels had in mind when they wrote & directed it.
It's enough for me that Evelyn, played by Michelle Yeoh, gets to beat people up AND have a breakdown of sorts because fuck,yes please! That's the essence of my perimenopause on any given day
It's enough for me that Evelyn, played by Michelle Yeoh, gets to beat people up AND have a breakdown of sorts because fuck,yes please! That's the essence of my perimenopause on any given day
More essays on menopause here soon.
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