why your suffering is sexy

The success of the patriarchy is dependent on women’s pain—that’s why it makes it beautiful.

I’ve been thinking about my time with anorexia a lot lately. Thankfully, I’ve been fully recovered for several years, so my time with the illness is a distant memory. However, I can not say it is a blurry one.

I am tempted to blame my walk down memory lane on scrolling too far back my camera roll, but that wouldn’t be fair. In truth, holding onto these m…