by Glitter | Jul 16, 2017 | Fashion, OOTD
Just a quick post to share with you this cute colorful and quirky look I rocked at Redbull + Sound on Sounds Rub-A-Dub Summer Swim Club pool party today. I love this look because it’s simple, but it screams I’m a little left of center and I like it.
Plus I spilled at least 3 drinks on it and no one was the wiser. So, I am pretty certain this dress has magical powers. Also, men of the world are missing out, because right now I 100% certain my skin tastes like the most delicious of redbull vodka cocktails.
This dress is a color-blocked maxi from Rebdolls. Open and honest, Rebdolls can be pretty hit and miss, but this pinky orange dream dress is and example of a bullseye hit. 
The jewelry is from my homegirl girl and Austin hit list indie jewelry designer, Nina Berenato. My shoes are orange and yellow ombre tevas, which are perfect for the summer- breathable and unusually comfortable.
This quirky little bag an tassel I discovered at Artist & Fleas during a recent trip to New York. I love how unusual it is and the rainbow zipper made it a must buy. The designer, Min & Mon, has a bevy of really different and totally practical bags, and Im kind of obsessed with them. You should 100% check them out.
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by Glitter | Jul 11, 2017 | Fashion, OOTD
As I look at my computer screen right now I have 21% battery left. I’ve decided that I’ve got just until that battery fades to finish this post. I guess that’s how I achieve work/life balance, by constantly some how managing to do the impossible in too little time on too little sleep. Man am I tired. It’s been a hard day, but the good kind where you know the exhaustion will pay off in progress. Data is passed out at my feet and making soft whimpers as I type. I have never been more jealous of him. 
First things first, since most of you will read this blog solely to get the details on these very fancy pants, I will indulge you sooner rather than later. These floral harem pants are from ASOS and the pink top is from Eloquii. I like it because it has a bow in the back, just like me-secretly girly. The gilded sandals are Crocs, because it’s hot and I just want to be comfortable. Lastly, the jewelry is a set I almost missed my flight home from Delhi, India for. Good accessories are important.
I wore these pants today, because some days we simply dress to make ourselves stronger. Today was one of those days. After a hellacious trip into NYC last night, I just wanted to wear something bright, as a symbol I would not back down if the day decided to get hard. No white flag would be waved. And I would not just seize the day; I would do it boldly and with as much confidence as one can wearing floral harem pants.
Today, I wanted to be seen.
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by Glitter | Jul 7, 2017 | Inspiration
Recently I’ve seen a lot a of discussion about what is and is not “body positive.” I’ve done a lot of research and it seems there are a lot of articles pointing out what is and is not body positive, but very few attempting to explain the movement, why it’s important and what being body positive means. In order to help facilitate debate, educate the masses and also kind of sort out my own thoughts on the subject, I thought I’d take my own stab at it. This is 100% world according to Glitter and if you disagree, let’s talk about it. Because it’s through discussion, movements get solidified and organized.
What is Body Positivity?
For me body positivity is the belief that every individual has the right to exist, in whatever body they have today, tomorrow and in the future without pressure to attain an “acceptable body” or rejection from society if they don’t. In this perspective regardless of race, gender, size, disabilities, health, hair growth and whatever other variant you throw into the mix, a person’s worth and dignity is equal. They deserve the same rights. The same opportunities. The same access to knowledge and experiences. They also deserve the same representation in media and leadership.
What About Self Love?
You’ll note in my definition there is nothing about self-love, because to me body positivity has nothing to do with how much you love your body. Often times people use the phrase “I’m body positive” in exchange for ” I love myself”. But loving your body- even if it isn’t the societal norm- isn’t what body positivity is about. Your own self-love does nothing to increase the access to basic rights for people with marginalized bodies. Sure, the body positivity movement might have helped you find self-love, but they aren’t the same thing.
An important point to also acknowledge is that we often learn to love ourselves, but do not learn to accept and appreciate others. If you love yourself and judge someone else’s body, that is counter to the culture body positivity is trying to create. In line with this thinking, if you try to create any type of boundaries on which bodies deserve respect (the classic, ” I’m all for body positivity, but…” phrasing) you are actually hurting someone’s ability to exist freely in their body. In this regard, it’s totally possible to have self-love and not be body positive. They are decidedly different things.
What is Diet Culture?
Right now, there is a huge effort to re-purpose the political side of body positivity and use it sell things, primarily to women. You’ll often see body positive bloggers talk about “diet culture” or the idea that people are taught they need to constantly be trying to achieve the idealized body type. Now if you choose to go on a diet based on your own goals and ambitions or health- that has nothing to do with body positivity. It simply means you’ve made a decision to change your body and that’s really no one else’s business. However, if you write a post about how to lose “13 pound in 30 days” to be your “sexiest self” that is anti- body positive. Why? Because you’ve associated a change in your body (losing 13 pounds) with having a body this more accepted by the community (sexiest self).
Why is Representation Important?
Seeing different bodies and elevating images of different bodies is important because it creates a new norm. There was an experiment on racism- If you held up a flat picture of an unknown black man in front of a white person, the sections of his brain committed to anger and fear would fire. However, if you normalized the black man by giving him thoughts and feelings or showing him performing an everyday activity, the white brain would then show significantly less firing in these regions and expanded action in parts of the brain used for comprehension and compassion. The study found that one of the ways to decrease racism to was to integrate and educate different races about each other. Ignorance and avoidance were keys reasons for unnecessary anger.
Representation in the body positive movement is needed in the same way. If we can show all sorts of bodies doing all sorts of things to the world, the more comfortable and less fearful the general public will become of them. The opposite is also true, the less we see different body types, the scarier they become.
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by Glitter | Jul 6, 2017 | Fashion, OOTD
This dress has been my go to vacation dress for years. I mean obviously a neon, yet some how not tacky, under the sea inspired wonder dress is timeless. I found this stunner on Amazon and from the moment we hook up it’s been love. This dress is a unicorn, somehow managing to be flattering, comfortable and cost under $20. Budget friendly babe-ly-ness? Sign me the eff up.This is not an advert, no one paid me to put this dress on blast. It’s just legitimately one of the best purchases I have made for my vacation wardrobe. And it’s been with me to to Bermuda, Hawaii, Jamaica, and now a cruise and survived. So not only is it amazing, it also holds up. Today is still looks as “fresh and clean clean” as the day I freed it from it cardboard cage and plastic straight jacket.
Now let’s talk about these shoes- GREEN METALLIC!!! You swab something in a little sparkle and suddenly you’ve got the comfort of pool slide hidden in the package of the next greatest trend. For a whopping $21, these slides have been my main jam this summer.
And of course no metallic under the sea boss lady queen look would be complete without a tiara. I found this rock crystal “mermaid crown” from favorite secret accessories store- Five Below. For $3, I was gone with the ocean flow fabulous. Five below is birck & Mortar only, so you’ll have to drop by a nearby location to snag one of these beauts.
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by Glitter | Jul 2, 2017 | Inspiration, Uncategorized
When I looked at this photo all I could see was how freaking powerful it was. I was a neon on Phoenix conquering the seas and righteously ruling over the Carnival cruise’s adult bar/pool combo. It was poetically graceful, fiercely real and undeniably beautiful. I couldn’t help to want to share this magic with the internet. And so I did. I shared it on my instagram and facebook with the love and words that this image reminded me of. It was a special post and I was proud of it.
Was I Being Shamed?
It was only a few minutes before comments and private messages started to flow in regarding the women in the pool to the right of me. She was holding her iphone. Assumptions were made that she was taking a picture to shame me. She was called spiteful and jealous. The digital world had created a back story for a women who’s actions and intentions they could not confirm from just a single picture. Why had people so quickly gone looking for the bad in the image? I hadn’t even noticed her in the pool when I reviewed the shot because naturally I was too blinded by my own awesome.
The Surprising Truth
Upon further analysis, I realized that this wasn’t just any pool partier with her phone in hand. This was a woman, who during the cruise, had gone out of her way to come and said hello to me. She thanked me for being bold, brave and frankly not giving a damn. She said I inspired her to be comfortable in public as she was. If this woman had even been taking my picture (she could have very well just been reading her texts) it was very unlikely she was doing it to shame me.
We See What We Want To See
I share this example today because I think it’s important to note how much our own self perceptions and hang ups can get manifested onto others. If you go looking for shaming and negativity you will find it in buckets- even if you have to create it on your own. Sure, some people are cruel heartless beasts. They will mock you and maybe even snap a sneaky picture to try and embarrass you. However, the majority of the time, people aren’t out to get us. They don’t care what size we wear, what color our hair is or how pretty we are.
Choose To See The Good
Often the cruel world we perceive is all around us is created in part by our own insecurities. It’s easy to see and hear what we are expecting others to think of us. Don’t let those mental perceptions taint your reality and happiness. Self love comes acknowledging you are worthy and capable of receiving love from yourself and from the world around you. So next time you have the suspicion someone is talking negatively behind your back or discretely mocking you, stop yourself and think- ” do I really know this? Or am I allowing my own personal discomfort or previous experiences to be manifest on a stranger?” Use these moments to acknowledge your feelings, analyze where they come from, and grow stronger from them. The world is so much more beautiful when you stop looking for the ugly and start acknowledging the good.
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