Alyssa Sliwa

Mask Fishing

By Alyssa Sliwa Red Chalk

People always want to see more of you, even when you give them everything. When the pandemic started, I was bothered by the appearance of yet another online trend making women feel insecure. The concept of mask fishing seemed to make so many girls worry about whether the bottom halves of their faces matched the top—whether taking their mask off was a pleasant surprise to others or not. And there seemed to exist a pressure to do so as a means of proving one’s beauty. While completing this piece, I thought about how strange it is to have only your face covered, and how society demands women to show themselves but then judges them for it regardless.