‘The Beauty Myth’

Naomi Wolf explains that the beauty ideal is a socially constructed view that is in no way universally agreed upon. Please remember this video the next time that you worry about not looking like the ‘ideal woman’. You are fine just the way you are; there is nothing ‘wrong’ with you.

‘…Old Enough To Be Their Father/Mother’

This phrase is usually used when an adult associates with a younger person, or, more often, when an adult enters into a relationship with someone who is twenty, thirty, forty etc years younger than them. This reminds people of the oh so terrible age gap. Age gaps tend to freak people out, and people get…