CHIC AS F

STYLE: BARAKA MACHARIA & HALEY POAG WORDS: HALEY POAG PHOTO: JILLIAN FELTON GLAM: OVYA VENKAT LOCATION: STATE OF FITNESS

I am a woman. I conquer space, time and creativity. There is no space we, as women, cannot possess and create. Divine beauty and strength are an eternal power. The feminine muse, an ethereal being, grows in individuality and strength and breaks boundaries that turn heads. As women, we push forward to create new worlds for ourselves. Not always because we want to — but because we have to.

There has never been a time in society where women were universally in control, where we possessed power. We cultivate and construct fantasies and realms to gain individual strength and influence. Everyone looks to women for what to do, but turns a blind eye when it’s time to listen.

To stay afloat as women, we fabricate worlds of confidence to gain any sense of personal control, and that is power in itself. The feminine energy brings so much potential to life. Is that why controlling it is so romanticized? But why do we have to navigate norms and expectations that were built to rationalize men’s behavior?

Nevertheless, femininity is forever. We continue to accelerate. Women will always prove something beyond surface-level beauty. There is a divine power in enhancing creative energy in society. Individuality is what comprises the world. Being a woman is powerful, energetic and groundbreaking. Tell me, how am I to feel? Women are a muse — to space, time and creativity everywhere.