#self-image

#self-image

To read Frederic Gros's A Philosophy of Shame is to be reminded of how vulnerable we are to the emotion's inhibitions and agonies. We shame, we are ashamed, and we expend significant energy imagining shameful situations so we might avoid them. Shame makes us vulnerable to humiliation and ruin, and provides a method by which we can humiliate and ruin others. The cycle is often self-perpetuating: shame begets shaming.

'Make-up free' can mean different things to different people. To me, it means looking in the mirror at pitiful eyebrows, pores you could store spuds in, stubby eyelashes and a decent whack of rosacea, which keeps me humble if nothing else.

In I Feel Bad About My Neck, Ephron details myriad aspects of growing older, capturing both the uplifting and the challenging experiences women face.

I can honestly say that there isn't a part of me that's jealous of my daughter. She is beautiful. Actually, to me, she's the most beautiful woman in the world.

"People filter things through their biases and bring their own subjectivity into these sorts of loaded questions. ChatGPT brings a level of objectivity you can't get in real life."