Alex Clark

I don't know where I belong. I don't know where I went wrong. But I can write a song. ❤

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers of two well known magazines.

The one on the right we all know is Martha Stewart, age 81. The one on the left is Apo Whang-Od, age 106, a tribal tattooist in a remote province in the Philippines.

There seems to be an unwritten rule which equates beauty with youngness. In an interview, Martha Stewart told the reporter she credits her organic, home-grown, farm-to-table eating, yoga, and actively healthy lifestyle to her youthfulness. While that’s an admirable journey for her, let’s not forget the amount of privilege that kind of lifestyle requires.

On the left is Apo Whang-Od, who is a 106-year-old tribal tattooist in the Philippines. The wisdom she carries in every forehead wrinkle and frown line is stunning. Her eyes are glass, reflecting back all that she’s witnessed over a century of lived experiences. Her tattoos a reminder of the ancestors she seeks to honor.

Both women are beautiful in their own right. But I wish we as women didn’t play into this idea that we have to look younger—and thinner—in order to fit some unrealistic beauty standard which will grant us acceptance and relevance in the world around us.

I’m writing this for any woman who, like me, may have had a punched-gut reaction to seeing an octogenarian in a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine looking more like a woman in her forties or fifties: Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.

There IS beauty in wrinkles, and saggy skin, and drooping breasts. These are markers of a life hard fought for and well lived. It seems odd to try and erase these battle scars.

So while I applaud Martha for her fortunate body, carefully curated procedures, and pristinely styled makeup, I also applaud Whang-Od for what others may perceive as imperfections.

Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.
Authenticity is.

@ FeministNews

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

Good morning. Texas deserves better than Greg Abbott.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

Despite different cultures and different political and economic systems, we’re all basically the same. The more people I meet, the stronger my conviction becomes that the oneness of humanity, founded on understanding and respect, is a realistic and viable basis for our conduct.

[gillian @serenasjoy]

oh, they were insane for this scene. chills, literal chills. #HandmaidsTale

[Alex Clark @alex_lately]

@Oh_Em_Cee Oh I feel you girl! This is how I feel about postmates/Uber eats 😂😂 I 100% invented this in college when I wanted drunk food other than pizza, but only told my roommates sooo unfortunately someone else actually invented it lol

[Alex Clark @alex_lately]

@Oh_Em_Cee 😂🤣😂

[Dominique Moceanu @Dmoceanu]

I was 14 y/o w/ a tibial stress fracture, left alone w/ no cervical spine exam after this fall. I competed in the Olympic floor final minutes later. @Simone_Biles 🤍 decision demonstrates that we have a say in our own health—“a say” I NEVER felt I had as an Olympian.

[Chelsea Handler @chelseahandler]

She’s going to need to visit the HIPAA Museum to understand what it really means.

[Alex Clark @alex_lately]

@megynkelly @naomiosaka Wow… this is incredibly insensitive and just so sad to see a woman having such little compassion for another woman. She blocked you because this type of BS is bad for her mental health, idiot 🙄 hellooo! OBVIOUSLY!!! I mean, whose mental health IS this sh*t good for? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

You’re the governor of a state where millions don’t have power, where people are literally dying of exposure, and you go on Fox news to talk about... the Green New Deal? You are the governor. Your party has run Texas for 20 years. Accept responsibility & help us get out of this.

[Jaime Primak @JaimePrimak]

Juli Briskman was the cyclist who gave the Trump motorcade the finger. Donald Trump was so angry he demanded that she be fired, and she was.
She was so angry she decided to run for office and defeated the local Republican candidate.
She has been sworn in, now.

[Kevin Farzad @KevinFarzad]

I know this GameStop stuff is funny, but you have to remember this is hurting real people who own multiple boats

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Yeah this is not okay.

My office is free this week to any service members who’d like to use it for a break or take nap on the couch. We’ll stock up on snacks for you all too.

(We’re in the middle of moving offices and it’s a bit messy so don’t judge, but make yourself at home!)

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Joe Biden: "If you're ever working with me and I hear you treated another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise I will fire you on the spot. On the spot. No ifs, ands, or buts. Everybody, everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity."

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Press Secretary Jen Psaki: "I'd love to take your questions."

[Russell Baruffi Jr. @barooff]

@AOC You know it’s allllmost as if the GOP made up Blue Lives Matter to create a false dichotomy that would demonize the movement for black lives and never cared about cops at all https://t.co/ZXLjQg21dh

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

EVERY GOP CONGRESSMAN: To all my Radical Dumbocrat colleagues: We need healing and unity. I say this not just to the Commies, but also to the Libtards

[Todd Stein @Todd_Stein]

Eugene Goodman. The man who saved the Senate.

[91 Felonies and counting. @sabergermd]

Breaking News: The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and Canada have offered to send troops to protect the US capitol.