by Kimberly Pelletier | Aug 9, 2016 | Body Image | Sexuality
If swearing offends you, please considering skipping this post. I realize it is not classy, but sometimes it just has to be. Because sometimes coming against injustice and stereotypes requires fight mingled with...
by Kimberly Pelletier | Jun 9, 2016 | Body Image | Sexuality
I don’t think all stories need to be told publicly. First, mine needed to be told in a therapist’s office. Lying on the couch in my living room. Crying with my husband. Fighting into my pillow. Breaking glass on a country road. But now 8 years after I finally shared...
by Kimberly Pelletier | Feb 2, 2011 | Body Image | Sexuality
I am learning over the years to accept my body as it is. I still eat healthy, and I will likely always exercise to stay “in shape.” I stopped reading women’s magazines years ago because I could no longer handle funding the pictures of so-called “perfection”...
by Kimberly Pelletier | Feb 1, 2011 | Body Image | Sexuality, Chronicles of Grief
The gown was open down my back. I was numb from my waist down. I was sitting in blood. My body was at its weakest for sure. There were probably 7 machines around me with lights and noises, a few tubes protruding from here and there. A catheter. My hair was...