In My Body

In My Body

Eyelids
The Mixed Issue Julia Li The Mixed Issue Julia Li

Eyelids

Taking a deep breath, I take the bobby pin and slide it harshly under my hooded, epicanthic folds. Surprisingly, the action itself doesn’t hurt as much as my sense of self-worth. Is this what I’ve come to? Sliding bobby pins underneath my hooded eyelids, silently hoping that by tracing my eyelids insistently, they would come to resemble the thick, Caucasian eyelids. 

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