The Life and Times

Welcome to the first episode of Photoshop Stories, where I photoshop images and tell stories with them . 😃 This way, I get to improve my Photoshop skills and also practice my writing.  This piece is going to be the beginning of the 'Seasons’ Series'. Try to say that pretty fast without biting your tongue, I dare you. Today's title is  winter and without further ado, let’s get into it. Photo:  📸Credits: (Woman by  Photo by  Ayo Ogunseinde  on  Unsplash ), (Background by Pixabay on Pexel.com), (Snow from falling snow PNG Designed By 588ku from <a href="https://pngtree.com/">Pngtree.com</a>)  Photo by Me on  https://www.instagram.com/cloudywithachanceofmagic_/   Story: WINTER She was swept in the ruckus of the heavy wind, but she kept on walking through the thick snow. Her shoes got heavier and heavier as she stomped on. She hugged her blanket closer to herself and continued to scream ou...

The Lizzo fiasco made me really think. To be honest , I only feel certain ways about my body sometimes, because I feel I'm expected to. I'm expected to hate the weight I gain, my love handles , my chubby tummy and forever strive to be socially palatable for the rest of the years I have left. It's really exhausting, I don't want to do it but I feel like everyone is looking at me to be disgusted in my body and hate the way I take up space. I feel like it is  just what should be done . photo by Jennifer Burk @jenandjoon There is a redefining of self that comes with freedom . So , understanding that I don't have to think that way can be destabilizing in the beginning, but I am interested in how I navigate all of it , as FUCKING UNCOMFORTABLE as it is. Needless to say, it is intriguing how normalized fatphobia is . So normalized that , many people do not accept the word as a definition of what they do . It is often playacted as faux care ...