Susan-E

Is Wardrobe Minimalism Healthy?

Is a New Emphasis on Hashtag Minimalism Actually Better for the Planet or Women's Mental Health? Last month I participated in the #may30x30, which is a minimalism challenge to wear the same 30 items of clothing in differing combinations for 30 days. I posted a blog about it mid-month, which I will link to here.…

June 12, 20190CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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My Experience (so far) with the #May30x30

What the heck is the #May30x30? The #May30x30 (or just 30x30 anytime, really) is such a well known term in sustainability and minimalist circles that I honestly forgot some people had no idea what I was talking about when I first mentioned it on social media—so for those who haven't heard of it, the #30x30…

May 9, 20190CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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The Things That Shape a Life

The autumn of 1990. Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares 2U" had just cleaned up at the MTV video awards. Madonna was Vogue-ing right up in our faces. Stephen King's "Four Past Midnight" topped the best seller list. The first Bush was president, and (completely outside my radar) work had begun on the foundation of what would…

March 6, 20190CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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Five Things I Learned from My January No-Buy

So I took the month of January off of shopping. I think it's a fairly common thing to do, after our collective Black Friday Bacchanalia and the glut of holiday "special offers" and "last chance savings" emails (Hint: it's never the actual last chance. Never.) it seems like a good idea to take a month to…

February 20, 20190CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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My First Plus Size Thrift Haul!

Come Thrifting With Me! Check out my plus size thrift haul - my first ever! So January is a no-buy. No clothes. No makeup. No personal care, no homewares, no nothing. With one notable exception - in-person thrifting doesn't count. And that's deliberate. You see, I hate thrifting. I get enormously grossed out at thrift stores. The…

January 23, 20190CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

St. Louis Stuff

St. Louis Fragrances of Chatillon Lux – Review & Giveaway

A few weeks ago I had Shawn, the delightful founder of Chatillon Lux in the studio for a headshot session. When I get to know my clients prior to a session I like to ask about what they do, and how the images we shoot will be used. Shawn explained that his company creates luxury fragrance…

December 14, 20180CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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15 Things That Aren’t Things: A St. Louis Experiential Gift Guide

Why St. Louis Experiential Gifts? You know, for once was thinking I was kind of unique, or at least somewhat ahead of the curve. For a few years now I have been slowly divesting myself of my worldly goods. Not all of them, in a monastical fashion, but just the (many, many) extras—things I had collected…

December 11, 20180CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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How Meghan Markle Has Changed the Way I Shop

Poor freaking Meghan Markle cannot catch a single break. I know that's an odd thing to say about someone who just had a fairytale wedding into fabulous wealth and actual royalty, but still. I feel for this woman. At first the press was So Glowy. She was amazing! Such romance! So many breaths of fresh air!…

December 5, 20180CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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What I Bought in the Black Friday Sales

Some Black Friday Plus Sized Fast Fashion #NoJudge I have been anxiously awaiting Black Friday deals in order to fill in some key missing wardrobe pieces. At the moment I am caught firmly between a "buy nothing" ethos and a "you honestly need a new XYZ" reality, so I was waiting for sales to pick…

November 25, 20180CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink

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Navigating American Healthcare in a Fat Body

As a fat American woman, every single encounter I have with a healthcare "professional" is fraught. Not only my own personal experience but also copious research bears out the notion that fat people in general and fat women in particular get less accurate diagnoses, get lectured and condescended to more often, are mis and under-diagnosed…

October 31, 20180CommentsShare PostTwitter FacebookEmailLink