Fantasies Collide, Volume 1 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Author:Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WMG Publishing

At First…

I just wanted the rest of us—y’know, those of us with few assets to manage—to have equal footing in the workplace. Study after study after study has shown that beautiful people get higher pay, better jobs, and more press coverage than folks whose faces (and bodies) aren’t symmetrical.

A little glamour on a business dress, and suddenly a plain woman becomes powerful. Or maybe she just thinks she does. Or maybe her inner beauty shines out.

Back then, I had no idea what made it work, but now I know. You feel beautiful, then you are beautiful. It’s that simple, that profound.

I learned design at several fashion institutes and donated the clothes to needy women who didn’t have the right outfit for a job interview. (We still have a branch that does that.)

And as I grew more confident, the world kept changing. Fashion became relevant. Places like E! Entertainment Television began four-hour shows live from the red carpet of every damn award ceremony ever held, and the snarkmeisters gained power. Or, in truth, the shadows that had started to fill the snarkmeisters’ eyes and govern their dumpy, jealous, non-creative little bodies gained power.

The last year my mother dressed herself for the award-show gauntlet was the first year I got to accompany her on the red carpet, and now it’s time to dump the cutesy little half-screenplay way I’ve been writing this thing.

Because that night was hell.

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