Huffington Postのインスタグラム(huffpost) - 6月6日 09時32分

In an essay for HuffPost, guest writer TJ Butler shared what happened after co-workers at her waitressing gig found out she posed for a nude centerfold in her 20s.

“I’d picked up shifts for my co-workers. We complained about our tables together and discussed big tips or getting stiffed. I thought I pulled it off, but I wasn’t one of them,” she wrote. “I wondered if they recognized something less than in me that I hadn’t seen in myself. I saw it then; trying to straddle two worlds made it devastatingly clear that I only fit into one of them.”

“Nude modeling is a young woman’s game that gets harder to play the older you get. So I went back to school, graduated with a BA in management, and transitioned to a corporate career.”

“I took over as [director for a photography studio]. I handle almost every aspect of the business … At this stage in my life, I’ve come full circle. It’s the only place I’ve felt like I could be myself, and my achievements are no longer something to hide.”

“I was a girl from foster care, a young woman who tried and failed to fit in. I’ve remade my life multiple times, and my life today is another iteration of that reinvention. I no longer care to convince anyone that I’m doing it right.”

TJ Butler is the author of the short story collection “Dating Silky Maxwell.” Preorder the collection and connect with her at our link in bio.

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