Tag: mental health

  • A skin-care novice reviews The Butters Hygienics’ zit zapper

    A skin-care novice reviews The Butters Hygienics’ zit zapper

    A metallic-gold tube of The Butters Hygienics zit zapper sits in front of a framed print. Photo.

    I am not a beauty blogger. When The Butters Hygienics Co. offered to send me their Zit Zapper Anti-Acne Face Cream, I made it clear to them that I had absolutely no idea how to review it. While I know nothing about skin-care products – I don’t even know whether my skin is dry or oily! – I was in the middle of a particularly bad spot outbreak and was eager to get my hands on it.

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  • Perverting penitence

    Perverting penitence

    Today, I was tasked with writing about the role of punishment in a D/s relationship. However I know, because I am not in one, that I will not find myself punished for twisting the topic slightly. I am instead writing about penitence – one of the many reasons that I’d love to explore D/s dynamic.

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  • My armour is made of pretty skirts

    My armour is made of pretty skirts

    Today has been pretty terrible, and I’ve managed to write neither of the posts for my new ‘personal essays’ category that I’ve been planning. I did write something else, though, because I did remember today how nowadays my clothes feel like my armour, empowering me against the world.

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