Summer Body Goals: Keeping It Real With Yourself
Let me tell you about the summer I decided I was going to be a completely different person by June. It was one of those springs where everything conspired to make you feel like your current self was somehow not enough for the season ahead. Every second piece of content I came across was a countdown. Twelve weeks to summer. Eight weeks to summer. Five moves for a flat stomach. The algorithm had decided I needed fixing, and it was very committed to letting me know. So I committed. I overhauled my eating. I started workouts that I did not enjoy at times that did not suit me. I tracked…
SKIMS: Shapewear Brand Taking the World by Storm
I came to SKIMS late. By the time I finally tried it, the brand had already been dissected by every fashion publication, worn by half of Hollywood, and declared a billion-dollar empire by people who track these things. I was not an early adopter. I was someone who watched the noise from a distance for a long time before deciding it was worth finding out what the fuss was actually about. What I found was that the fuss was, for once, entirely justified. I have a complicated history with shapewear. Most women do. The category has a long track record of promising confidence and delivering discomfort: rolling waistbands, digging edges,…
