Society places a big premium on looking a certain way — our cleanliness, our class status, even our mental health is judged based on our appearance. Esther Calixte-Bea was taught at a young age to hide her body hair. For most of her life, she spent hundreds of dollars a month trying to keep it under control — until she finally hit a breaking point.
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“This Is Uncomfortable” is Reema Khrais, Megan Detrie, Hayley Hershman, Peter Balonon-Rosen, Camila Kerwin and Marque Greene.
The promise of a miracle cure
The high price of cheap clothes
No more panic shopping
The bias we don’t talk about
“How do I stop overspending?”
So, who’s gonna pay for this?
You used to be so pretty
Are rich people bad? From “Classy”
Money talks, love listens
Dream on a deadline
First-gen finances, from “Financially Inclined”
My name is Hana
A conversation with Baba
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A note from Reema
Free rent’s gonna cost you
Instrument of sabotage (rerun)
Are they serious? from “Tiny Huge Decisions”
Broken hearts can break the bank
Ask a financial therapist
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