Working a model liberated me from ever having to hold a day job. I transitioned from doing that to working full-time as an artist. If you're 19 and living cheap, being an artist model can sustain you. I dropped out of college at 21 and my illustration hadn't yet taken off. It is more than working in a store. It is a hard way to make a living but you earn more than in a similarly unskilled job.
Molly CrabappleThe thing is, Guantรกnamo is also a naval base, and they're under the delusion - especially the people on the naval side who are not dealing with the prison - that they can just pretend this is an ordinary Caribbean naval base. For them, it's: "Why are you making such a big deal out of the most notorious prison in the world?" It's like if people living near Buchenwald said they wanted to talk about the other lovely things in the region besides the camp.
Molly CrabappleA womanโs beauty is supposed to be her grand project and constant insecurity. Weโre meant to shellac our lips with five different glosses, but always think weโre fat. Beauty is Zenoโs paradox. We should endlessly strive for it, but itโs not socially acceptable to admit weโre there. We canโt perceive it in ourselves. It belongs to the guy screaming 'nice tits.
Molly CrabappleDifferent types of sex work are differently supportive. If I were working in a strip club, I would be competing with my colleagues, and while there would be support, there would be financial motivation not to offer too much support.
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