Stephanie Fairyington

The fact that striking Iran can be put on hold for weeks in an attempt to sway the midterms clear proof that Iran doesn’t pose an imminent danger and this war is an evil charade

HILLARY CLINTON: "I continue to believe that Putin has things on Trump. I continue to believe that he is holding photos, videos, whatever it might be... "When we finally see all the Epstein files, I think even the people who supported Trump are going to be shocked by what it shows about Trump."

Elizabeth Warren Is 💯% Correct...

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I love this question from scholar Gretchen E. Henderson because it points to the ways that ugliness, as a deviation from norms and expectations, can be viewed as a kind of forward motion—a breaking off from the past to usher forth something new, startling and unexpected.

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

De druk van het schoonheidsideaal wordt hoger. Afgelopen jaar verschenen er drie boeken over, van Tatjana Almuli, Stephanie Fairyington en Giselinde Kuipers. Ze vertellen hoe we eronder lijden. We vergelijken en beoordelen, voelen constant de druk perfect te zijn. 👉 www.groene.nl/artikel/laat...

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Happy #BiWeek! 💖💜💙 Why is it so hard for our culture to wrap its head around bisexuality? In our July–August 2005 issue, journalist @fairyington.bsky.social confronted how the persistent “hetero-homo dichotomy” marginalizes bi identities: glreview.org/article/article-1129

Thank you to my favorite neighborhood cafe and hangout Le Libre Cafe — and its lovely owners Patricia and Herman — and our beloved local paper, The Sunset Post, for supporting Ugly and other local writers and artists in our beautiful Brooklyn neighborhood.

This is what my book Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter is *really* about — and my greatest hope is that it empowers women and girls to live and think against, and beyond, destructive forms of behavioral and aesthetic conditioning.

“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March

So excited to share this essay for @guardian_us on the likability imperative and its relationship with aesthetic demands on women and girls. Thank you to Estelle Tang for helping me make this piece a stronger one with her sharp -- and deeply sensitive — edits. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Thank you Tim Pfaff and @bayareareporter for this lovely review of Ugly! www.ebar.com/story/169556...

Thank u so much @bostonglobe for the chance to write this piece — so meaningul to me— for the Ideas section of the Boston Globe. It’s not just about ugliness as resistance; it’s about expanding what we perceive as beautiful to nullify the very idea of ugliness. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/22/o...

I’m 50 years old. Why do I still struggle with the need to be liked? An over-investment in people-pleasing can be emotionally costly. Here’s how I’m training myself to be OK with letting people downA few months ago, my 10-year-old daughter and I went to our neighborhood cafe. At the counter,...

An over-investment in people-pleasing can be emotionally costly. Here’s how I’m training myself to be OK with letting people down

I’m 50 years old. Why do I still struggle with the need to be liked?

Stephanie Fairyington is a journalist who writes on gender, sexuality, family and parenting. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her perception that she didn’t live up to modern standards of pretty.

Discrimination against the unattractive is widespread—and widely tolerated. www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

A new book asks what we might gain if we accepted the way we look. Ilana Masad on Stephanie Fairyington’s “Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter,” and the upsides of defying beauty standards:

A new book asks what we might gain if we accepted the way we look. Ilana Masad on Stephanie Fairyington’s “Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter,” and the upsides of defying beauty standards:

A new book asks what we might gain if we accepted the way we look. Ilana Masad on Stephanie Fairyington’s “Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter,” and the upsides of defying beauty standards:

This, plus anger = engagement = metrics that look good to the powers that be. We see more and more rage bait as the traditional economic drivers of journalism disappear.

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund