Our March Beauty of the Month is Taryn Riddle! We have been admiring Taryn’s writing for some time now, so we are very excited to share her feature with all of you. Taryn is a poet and author of Somnambulist Chronicles. Just like Bridgett, she grew up with a journal in her hand, which later, in her teen years, became a way to put her feelings about body image and navigating standards into writing. Taryn’s talent for writing honestly about the inner landscapes of healing, beco

We’ve been hoping to collaborate with Zelda Elisco for some time now. Zelda’s project, Strength Marks, reflects a radical commitment to authentically portraying bodies and challenges the conditioned beauty ideals that have shaped our collective understanding of worth and visibility. Her work’s focus on authentic, individual beauty and bodily agency feels like a true reflection of the Beyond Beauty Project's values.

We are honored to feature Jayne Mattingly as our first Beauty of 2026! Jayne’s work centers on what she so powerfully names Body Grief—the quiet, complicated, and very real mourning that can arise when your body changes, when life takes an unexpected turn, or when the body you live in no longer mirrors the one you once knew. What we most appreciate about Jayne’s work is how deeply human it is. We thank Jayne for her courage in giving language to experiences that many of us fe