I'm A New Yorker, So There Are

I'm A Really Smiley Person, So I've Just Learned When I'm Doing My Own Makeup, I Have To Make Sure It's Smile Ready And Not Too Heavy. As Amazing As The Victoria Beckham Pout Is For Photos, I Just Can't Do It!

It's A Form Of Violence, In The Way That We Look At Women And How We Expect Them To Look And Be - For What Sake? Not Health, Not Survival, No Enjoyment Of Life But Just So You Could Look Pretty. I'm Constantly Telling Girls All The Time, 'everything's Airbrushed, Everything's Retouched. None Of Us Look Like That.

Maybe You Just Have Those Impromptu Conversations, Or Where All Of The Sudden You're Standing On The Corner Waiting To Cross The Street And You Notice Three People Looking Up And You Look Up With Them. And You All Smile At Each Other Because You're Seeing A Little Piece Of A Rainbow Between Two Buildings, And That Little Rainbow And You All Just Shared A New York Moment, And That's Awesome, And Then You Keep On In Your Way.

When I See A Woman Who Is All Gaunt And Emaciated, I Don't Think She's Beautiful. She Reminds Me Of A Chihuahua That's Freezing And Shaking.

People Watch More Documentaries Too Now. These Movies That Would Normally Be Shown In These Little Art Houses, And Unless You Walked By The Theater, Or Happened To Read That Tiny Zine That Contained The Info For It, Or Went To A Film Festival, You Might Miss It.