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Marley Hillman is a visual communicator, designer, and advocate for living a fully-expressed life. She has over four years of experience in magazine production, specializing in creative direction and graphic design. Marley studied Communications at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where she dappled in radio, photojournalism, and writing.

Packaged Womanhood: Reclaiming our Essence  – by Marley Hillman

My professor clicks the next slide of his presentation, a Secret Deodorant commercial from 2013. My classmates and I sit in silence as the YouTube player begin, and a woman’s fast, quivering voice booms from the speakers. 

Stress sweat. It’s different from ordinary sweat – it smells worse and it can happen anytime to anyone. Like when I fell asleep at movie night with all my coworkers and totally dream snorted myself awake. I actually popped my head back so fast I’m pretty sure I have whiplash. 

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