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Gala Darling's "Radical Self-Love Manifesto."  

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Hello Anxiety

She was there waiting for me when I woke up this morning. Sitting on the red suede bench at the foot of my bed, legs crossed, chin propped on her hand, with a smirk on her face and a challenge in her eye, relishing with anticipation the moment I would first notice her.

Grrreat. Hello Anxiety, my stealth houseguest.

She somehow snuck in during the night, casually dropping her baggage in the middle of the floor. It’s all neatly labeled, I can see it from here: Shoulds, Priorities, Other Peoples’ Expectations, Potential Failures, Financial Security, Love. Those are just the big ones. I know there are smaller ones hidden in between.

I pull the covers over my head and consider various options for getting rid of the smug bitch — the usual distractions and avoidances, the go-to strategies that we all have.

But I’m so deeply tired of this. I want to get off the merry-go-round. Please, God, enough already! So I reach for the sharpest weapon I have  — Things That Are True. Here's what I know for sure:

That by grace or by grit, I will get through this day.

That I always somehow conquer this, and that in the meantime, fear will not kill me.

That the Universe always has my back.

And that it’s only life, after all. So try, try, try not to take it all so seriously!

That’s my truth. Four truths, actually! Truth is always the best defense against any fraud, and I’ve got at least four truths on my side today.

There are probably more, but four will do for now.

Thought for the day, every day.

The Man with the Mac Has Left the Building

 

 

Even if you've never owned an Apple product, Steve Jobs's vision of a different world changed your life — over and over and over again. President Obama summed it up beautifully:  “There may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.”

RIP Sir Steven. The world will be a less interesting place without your light inspiring us.

 

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

 Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

 

Lauren Hutton Has Always Been Totally Bad-Ass

In the course of her interview with Michael Kors for the September issue of Interview magazine, Lauren Hutton shares the story of how she was sexually harassed by a bunch of Mad Men at a 1965 casting call:

KORS: I know you’re not a  television person at all, Lauren, but have you ever seen Mad Men?

HUTTON: Yes!

KORS: What’s your reaction? It’s set around when you started modeling.

HUTTON: It’s like when I very first started going to ad agencies and things in ’65. They’ve done a very good job of capturing that moment with that show. Everyone was that square. And that male-dominant madness . . . I remember one time going on an appointment at an agency and I went into this conference room, and there were 35 or 40 men and 2 women lined up all around this long table. So I walk in and one of the guys says, “We need to see your legs.” And I just flipped. I was just furious that they would take a person and bring them into a situation with all these people and everybody is staring at you. It was something that I found so deeply offensive. So I jumped up on the table, which was a very fine, expensive table . . .

KORS: A serious conference table.

HUTTON: And I had high heels on, and I jumped up and said, “Sure, I’ll show you my legs.” And I strolled up and down with my heels along the table. I mean, they told me to wear heels beforehand, so I was already mad going in. I walked up and down their conference table showing them my legs and they’re all gasping in silence, and I’m smiling a real smile, looking side to side at each of these guys. Then I jump off and I said, “Will that be all?” and split. [both laugh] I actually got the job, but turned it down because it was for cigarettes.

via Jezebel