Dance is Wonderful and Awful

by Clarissa Nash | Oct 8, 2023 | Inside Thoughts

This was first posted on my Substack, “The Slow Down, a Place for Friends,” on October 8, 2023. Since then, I decided to stop using Substack and will be moving content to my site over time. When I was a cute little one, I loved dancing in the living room....

Breakups Suck: How Ariana Madix Helped Me Believe I’ll Be OK

by Clarissa Nash | May 31, 2023 | Culture, Lifestyle

No, I don’t know Ariana. But if I’ve learned anything from watching her flourish post-breakup is this–everything will be OK. An admitted reality television lover, I too, have been caught in the whirlwind of Vanderpump Rules (or VPR) drama. Since...

Fatphobia (Taylor’s Version)

by Clarissa Nash | Mar 22, 2023 | Inside Thoughts

Standing on the scale in the bathroom, the young woman hopes and prays for a lower number, but once it stops it’s not to her liking. She sighs in disappointment as the voice in her head says she needs to be more disciplined and restricted. It’s me Hi I’m...

Dear Self Magazine (And Other Fat Allies)

by Clarissa Nash | Feb 9, 2022 | Culture, Lifestyle

Jessamyn Stanley kneels on a green mat in a school gym while wearing a lilac purple top and gray athletic pants and looks directly into the camera. This photo, and many others, are featured in Self Magazine titled, “The Future of Fitness.” Why I’m a...

Life Lately

by Clarissa Nash | Jan 19, 2022 | Lifestyle

*Blows dust* Jesus, this is worse than Bunzy’s go-to spot full of fur. Anyway, hey y’all. We’re still in a pandemic two years later because no one knows what they’re doing. At this point, this is the new normal. Unprecedented times my…...