{"id":665,"date":"2014-06-05T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T14:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/?p=665"},"modified":"2014-06-05T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T14:11:27","slug":"happy-birthday-2-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/happy-birthday-2-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday 2 Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It hasn&#8217;t ever really felt right to call myself a fashion blogger. I still have so much to figure out about my body, I still have so much comfort to find. I also don&#8217;t know how to accessorize and there are so many people out there doing it so fucking well. My friend <a title=\"love x justice\" href=\"http:\/\/unalee.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Una<\/a> said it best\u00a0recently; she\u00a0said fashion was\u00a0my entry point to talk about other things.<\/p>\n<p><em>I liked that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The other things\u00a0like\u00a0fat, race, gender, sexuality, class and yeah, outfits.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a year and I want to keep talking. I&#8217;m thankful to the visitors of this space despite the infrequency. Real life gets in the way, yes, but it&#8217;s also a lot of time and care to do the things you love. And I do love this. I love photographing amazing people I know and I love learning all about the ones that I don&#8217;t. I would take pictures of all you if I could.<\/p>\n<p>Big thanks to everyone who has let me do just that: Berlin, Jackie, Talya, Emanuel, Casey, Chantal, Cato, Jenni, Farrah, Tami, Sammy, Aneela and Dainty.<\/p>\n<p>A very special thank you to my platonic life partner, <a title=\"BFF\" href=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xpa1\/t31.0-8\/1277773_10152254698473876_5867976766602430221_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Friesen<\/a>, for being a constant shopping partner and supporter, and for saying<em> &#8220;The world doesn&#8217;t need another white fashion blogger. You need to do this.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-666\" src=\"http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662-640x856.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4662\" width=\"640\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662-640x856.jpg 640w, http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662-260x348.jpg 260w, http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662-925x1238.jpg 925w, http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662-165x220.jpg 165w, http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4662.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>^^The\u00a0note Katherine left for me as encouragement. Still on my desk today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And finally, my boo and photographer, <a title=\"Me I Am Vivek\" href=\"http:\/\/heart-beats.ca\/HDB\/exhibit\/me-i-am-vivek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vivek<\/a>. Not only does he take all the pictures of me for the blog but he also let me tag along to New York and made me a video to celebrate Heartbeats&#8217; birthday. Cannot thank you enough for the moral support and making me look good so often\/always.<\/p>\n<p>Watch it below. With special appearances by <a title=\"G on tumblr\" href=\"http:\/\/eljotitodeperris.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gerardo<\/a> and<a title=\"K\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaybarrett.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Kay!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/97379089\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/97379089\">One year of Heartbeats<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2152238\">karen campos<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It hasn&#8217;t ever really felt right to call myself a fashion blogger. 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