Katiy Heath

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KATIY HEATH is an essayist from Saint Joseph, Missouri. Her obsessions include women who bathe, women who work, and women who witness. She currently is writing a memoir about her experience moderating focus groups for skincare companies. Read more from her at CHEAP POP, Pigeon Pages, and XRAY Lit.  

Stories

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When Fresh Food Is a Luxury, Beauty Becomes a Necessity

In the midwest food desert I grew up in, there are higher standards for what we wear than what we eat.

Aug 26, 2021
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In America, There’s No Such Thing as Pure Water

If anyone knows how to create a narrative in response to ecological misfortune, it’s the bottled-water industry.

May 20, 2021
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How to Hide Your Grief in a French Roll

All that mattered, we told ourselves, was what we saw when we looked in the mirror, what we saw when we looked at each other.

Apr 22, 2021
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I Traded My Image for Money, Now I Want It Back

The largest archive of footage of myself, ages twenty-three to thirty-years-old, never belonged to me but is owned by brands.

Jan 21, 2021
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What Does It Take to Be a Woman Who Has It All?

When we look at women who work, what remains unseen and what is expected to remain hidden?

Dec 03, 2020
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How Years of Running Beauty Focus Groups Nearly Destroyed Me

I am the only one in the room who is neither asked nor allowed to answer: “How does that make you feel?”

Oct 20, 2020
Cover Photo: Detail from Edgar Degas' "The Tub" (1886)/Musée d'Orsay
Why Bathing Is More Than Self-Care—It’s Art

To be female and to bathe is to always be prepared for onlookers.

Aug 13, 2020