Hey, let's talk cellulite! For something that has been naturally occurring on bodies since the dawn of time, we've only started becoming cellulite-phobic since the 1920s with the boom of European spa culture. In fact, it still isn't even recognized as a --real-- condition: "cellulite", this narratively evil and unsightly…

*Cue "Scar Tissue" by RHCP* I don't think I've ever seen an adult body without a scar. I know I've got too many to count. Trauma. Growth. Birth : Vessels that hold a scar. Scars are an interesting part of the human experience, in part because of how diversely they…

“Words shall not be hid nor spells buried might shall not sink underground though the mighty go.” ― Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala There is a distinction in the Finnish language between two words, talviuni and talvihorros. While talviuni is described as a general winter sleep or period of rest for…