Emily McCombs

1 month ago | huffingtonpost.jp | Emily McCombs

ここ数年のことだが、女性の中でも特に40代以上の人にとっては珍しくないと思われることを何度も経験している。 数十年前に撮られた自分の写真を目にする。InstagramのアーカイブやiPhoneの「◯年前のこの日」の機能で表示されるのだが、写真の中の自分が思っていたのと違って見えるのだ。もっと詳しく言うと、その写真が撮られた時や過去に見た時に抱いた印象とは違うのだ。 例えば、まだ小さかった息子がバーベーキューレストランで私の膝に頭を乗せて寝てしまっている1枚。当時は写真に写った自分の姿を見て、何てひどいんだろうと思い、傷ついた。その頃からほんの数年しか経っていないのに、今同じ写真を見て感じるのは微笑ましさだ。 体にぴったりフィットしたヒョウ柄のドレスを着た写真もある。オフィスのソファの端に腰を下ろし、気まずそうにポーズを取っている。その時に感じていたとんでもない恥ずかしさと自意識が今でも甦ってくる。しかし、同時にそこに写っている自分の体の曲線がとてもカッコよく映る。昔の私は一体どこを見ていたのだろう？！...

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Emily McCombs

The author feeling painfully self-conscious around while embodying the stuff wolf whistles are made of around age 29. Photo Courtesy Of Emily McCombsOver the past few years, I’ve repeatedly had an experience that I’ve begun to believe is not uncommon for women, especially those of us in our 40s and beyond.

2 months ago | aol.com | Emily McCombs

Over the past few years, I’ve repeatedly had an experience that I’ve begun to believe is not uncommon for women, especially those of us in our 40s and beyond. I’ll see a photograph of myself from sometime in the past few decades ― perhaps it pops up in my Instagram archives or my iPhone’s “on this day” feature ― but it looks different than I remember it. Or perhaps more accurately, it doesn’t look how I remember feeling when the photograph was taken or when I previously saw it.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Emily McCombs

The author feeling painfully self-conscious around while embodying the stuff wolf whistles are made of around age 29. Photo Courtesy Of Emily McCombsOver the past few years, I’ve repeatedly had an experience that I’ve begun to believe is not uncommon for women, especially those of us in our 40s and beyond.

Jan 15, 2025 | yahoo.com | Emily McCombs

SDI Productions via Getty ImagesA few weeks ago, I got my third IUD. You’d think I would have been prepared. I am one of the many women who girded her loins against the possibility of a “Handmaid’s Tale”-style dystopian future by getting my first IUD shortly after the events of Nov. 8, 2016. The idea that my uterus would calmly surf the waves of political unrest for at least another 12 years was appealing.