The Word is a collection of articles & stories crafted and curated by the women of The Fem Word as well as other contributors.
Visible scars — especially facial ones — are often associated with “tough guys” or evil movie villains. These stereotypes can be harmful, limiting, and painful to face for real-life women and girls with visible scarring. It’s time to stand up for those with visible scars and tell the world that they’re not your movie villain. They’re beautiful, diverse, and complex people, and their scars are simply one more part of that complex beauty.
Read MoreMultiple Sclerosis is a disease that can only be understood from the inside. Painful and often debilitating, it attacks the body and turns everyday tasks into battlegrounds. Like many “invisible illnesses,” people with MS often feel ignored, misunderstood, or denied by people who don’t “see” what they’re silently enduring. TFW welcomes our latest guest, Jessica Reynolds, who shares what it’s like to live and cope with MS.
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