January 2011
About a chin hair.
For as long as I can remember, my grandmother always had this single gray, half-inch long hair growing out of her chin. You’d only notice it if you were standing near her, but she never bothered to pluck it in her old age. A few years ago I noticed that I had a hair that would sprout in the same place — I always plucked mine whenever I noticed it, of course, but it always seemed kind...
Jaclyn Day: A Story. →
As a dog owner who considers Lucca to be my best friend in the world, this absolutely broke my heart.
jaclynday:
Yesterday was the worst day of my entire life. Our lives. I have known heartbreak, loss, hurt and pain. These things are not entirely foreign to me and I have not been insulated from them or sheltered away.
But, the pain of forever losing a pet who has been, for me, my best...
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have...”
– Alice Walker (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
“In the last six months, I have dated up a storm. I’ve slept around and, for the...”
– This essay about why I’m taking a sex/dating/drinking sabbatical is probably one of the more honest things I’ve ever written. I also hope saying I’m doing it so publicly will make me stick to it for as long as I need to.
I am a feminist, and Naomi Wolf does not speak for...
