[in]Visible Magazine

 Source At times, I think that an important linguistic distinction between assimilation and appropriation becomes lost amid our much-needed discussion about the fluidity of culture. Perhaps when, in the same argument, we start using two connotatively different words that both begin with ‘A’ and have five syllables, their distinctions become blurred. I’m really not sure, […]

  About a month ago I came to a realization: I had no pants. Other than a pair of plaid skinny jeans I’d begged my mother to get me in 11th grade, none of my pants fit. I’d just been wearing my girlfriend’s jeans on the days when I didn’t drape my legs in plaid. […]

Women have been putting societal expectations and appearances before the support, health, and comfort of their feet for centuries. The long-practiced Chinese tradition of foot binding and the controversial side of high heels, flats, and other shoes adds perspective to sacrifices made for fashion.