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Some thoughts on The Female Gaze. Recently, I’ve been attending both Heels and Burlesque dance classes. The experiences, while empowering, also highlight the very things they set out to undo. My heels class is not that friendly. Standing there in my Cinderella stripper heels, taking turns to strut up and down the dance studio- I
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That morning after breakfast, I finally went for it. I peeled back the transparent film and gingerly placed the adhesive side down onto the inside of my forearm. I dabbed it tenderly with a damp sponge and watched the paper absorb the moisture until it started to move slightly, revealing the edges of a geometric
Farida F. Alvarez 