In 2003, salvation has blonde extensions
and a chihuahua named Tinkerbell.
I watch her descend from the Escalade
in low-rise jeans that part the Red Sea
of paparazzi.
that’s hot
rain glitter
reign, glitter
prophecy in a Juicy tracksuit,
rosary of rhinestones
Bless my cheap gloss,
my beaded clips, my Sony Cybershot—
every pop girl who burned herself
beautiful for the lens.
We kept the light spinning.
We were the mirrorball saints—
worshipped, ridiculed, necessary.
Shae is a queer, autistic goblin interested in the intersection of disability justice and design, collecting tiny trinkets and having an unwavering devotion to Shrek as both art and ideology.
Header photography and artwork by Jordan Keller-Wilson
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