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Featured Artist
Connie Rice was born in Washington, D.C., and currently lives in
Palm Coast, FL, with her husband and six-month-old son. She comes
from a family of gifted female artists including her mother,
sisters, grandmother, aunt, niece, and cousins. She has displayed
her art in several venues, including four solo shows; her paintings
hang in collections in New York, California, and Hawaii among other
locales. [read more]
Skirt!Giveaway
Broadway Books is giving away 10 copies of The Ultimate
Guide to Chick Flicks to Skirt! readers in April. [get more
information]
Bitch of the month club
Post your best bitch. We'll pick out the best
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"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her
life?/The world would split open."
Muriel Rukeyser
Skirt! Features
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Chela Gutierrez I could feel him breathing on my
shoulder. I wondered how long it would be before he said something?
Sometimes the stare is so hard I can feel the thoughts tapping me on
my back. [read
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Kayt Sukel On a recent trip to the Algarve Coast,
my husband, Nick, and I were a bit shocked by the display of nearly
naked women sunbathing on the beach. [read
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Kelly Love Johnson Last year, during one of my
many laser treatments to remove a stubborn tattoo, as my
dermatologist finished burning a significant portion of skin from my
ankle, he asked, "How old are you, Ms. Johnson? 28, 29?" [read
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Michelle Rieder As I get older I find that either
I have no shame or I'm just more secure with my body. Maybe it's a
little of both. When I was 19 and my breasts were floating
comfortably under my chin on their own volition, I would cover them
up as if they were a horrible disfigurement. I wore large shirts to
hide my cute little body. I could kick myself for it now. If it
didn't aggravate the arthritis in my hip I would kick myself.
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Judy Gruen The other day I got all dressed up and
fussed over my makeup so I could go and get nearly naked with a man
who isn't my husband. We get together once, maybe twice a year.
Always at his place, never mine. And though I am so careful to look
pretty when I see him, as soon as he closes the door behind him, he
pays no attention to my face whatsoever. Like so many men, he is
interested in only one thing. [read
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Kristin Taylor There's a new cultural icon out
there, and you can call her a "yummy mommy." The term is an
Americanization of the more apt British term, "yummy mummy," which
is used in England like so: "Men's pulses are racing over a new
trendÑthe "yummy mummy" who proves you can have kids and be sexy."
(The Daily Record) [read
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