Category: personal style
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sweater weather or whatever.
the best part about winter to me is my getting to fuck around with gender presentation. i can always fuck around with it, regardless of the weather, but it’s extra special in las vegas. it’s warm somedays while others are oppressively cold and windy. i have found that this shelter cardigan from tradlands aids me…
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the grandpa in me
it’s cold out. seasonal depression has me oscillating between general grumpiness and all-consuming sadness. it’s a struggle for me to do anything as of late, let alone get dressed and leave the house. but i’m trying. i’ve been reaching for my cardigans a lot. while i do have other pieces of outerwear, i get a…
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a week of wear: “you ‘bout to lose yo’ job”
I’m leaving my job. Oddly, I’m calm about it. I wasn’t happy; my mental health was suffering and experiencing that for the sake of a paycheck was not worth it. I am passionate about people. As a supervisor, I take pride in the position I have to impact the lives of others seriously. It’s something…
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a week of wear: these boots ain’t made for standing in a coffee shop all day
My mantra for my first week of training at a coffee shop? Wash, rinse, sanitize. I wore dresses and lots of color as a means of comforting myself during a week where white supremacy reared its head at the Capitol; and starting a job that I’m unsure if it’s the right fit for me. I…
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on my first year with locs
When I run my index finger and thumb along the length of my locs, I’m met with thin and thinning locs, some of the same density from root to tip and others with thick bulbs along their ends. Sometimes, I find myself combining locs or seeing how much of my locs I can gather into…
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in defense of wearing cardigans on a hot day
Summer is great. She’s cute. I get it. However, I’m ready to pull out my cardigans and sweaters again. The temperatures in this part of New Mexico have been in the mid-90s. And if it happens to rain? Pfft. You’ll be welcomed into inescapable mugginess and humidity, and looking for a cooler spot to rest,…
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on wearing the same jacket a lot
For the last year, I have been building outfits around my beloved Levi’s jacket. If my weather app says it will be a little nippy: I grab it. If I don’t want to carry a handbag and instead use the jacket’s inside pockets to store my phone and wallet: I grab it. If I don’t…
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on wearing clothes that accentuate what you wish to hide
I have big titties. I’m sure that I could have put that more eloquently, but I’d rather shoot it straight. I started developing breasts around age 11 and by the time I was 14: I’d reached a DD-cup. Once I concluded that I didn’t have “movie titties,” I grew deeply insecure about them. During my…
Bryanna Beaman 