A poem by Sabrine, the sex ed time traveler.
Writing by Sabrine
Art by Sarah Sunshine Scott
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A well-dressed woman is a thing of beauty/
but a well-dressed plus-size woman?/
well/ now/ that’s a weapon.
A weapon in two wars/
The first a weapon of seduction/ obviously/
The second a weapon in the war/
within women about body types/ sexuality/ and worth/
that to the end of winning that war/
thinner women (and men) at fashion houses/
purposely stop the size ranges from extending to size 20/
because/
if my fellow thicc women were properly attired/
my god/
we’d have the beauty standard right back up where it belongs/
by the balls and in the upright fists of the thicc women…
About the Author
Sabrine, the author’s nom de guerre, is a trained and certified sex educator. When she isn’t teaching, writing sex-ed curricula, or singing the praises of non-hormonal birth control, she can be found traipsing around the Midwest looking for furniture to refinish, garden supplies, and dog food.
About the Artist
Sarah Scott is a multimedium artist who spent decades in social work, seeking community healing via art, before pursuing a new career as a tattoo artist. She’s merged these two career paths, by founding Balm, a tattoo studio that is focused on healing-related tattoos, which often means working with scars or old ink that the client has outgrown. Sarah is currently studying to be a death doula.
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