As part of her Honors senior thesis, Jessi Putnam ('15) is seeking anonymous submissions for her project, "Dear She".
Dear She
Hi I’m Jessi! I am the creator and designer of Dear She. Like so many girls, I developed a poor perception of my body very early on. I went on thinking it was normal to feel that way until my senior year of high school, where I finally started to address it through art in my AP Art class. This really opened me up to different methods of learning to work through my issues with my self image. I began journaling, writing down my feelings, writing poetry, whatever inspired me. This act of therapeutic writing is really where Dear She came from. I wanted other girls to be able to have the same freeing experience I had. I wanted to give them a safe space to express themselves, to say anything they needed to say…to just be themselves. And I wanted them to be able to learn from each other. There is something so valuable about hearing the stories of others struggling with the same thing that you are. To me, Dear She supplied a much needed outlet to women to get things off their chest without any fear of judgment. I hope Dear She can be that outlet for you, and I hope you join us on our journey. I can not wait to hear from you!
For more information please visit Jessi's website at http://dearshe.org
