I Don’t Want to Inspire You
I was scrolling Through Medium a few weeks ago, when I stumbled on an article titled “Stop Trying to Inspire me”. The author was experiencing a sort of positivity fatigue, … Continue Reading I Don’t Want to Inspire You
Forget About Love, Start With Forgiveness
“And when you know better, you do better” ~Maya Angelou
You Don’t Have to Love Yourself: What I Learned From a Friend’s Rejection
You already experience enough pain, struggling to pretend that all is well. Give some space to your vulnerability
Music Mondays With Whitney Houston And Mariah Carey: How to Create Miracles Out of Times of Despair
When I first heard this duo between Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, I immediately fell in love with the song. Yes I was a little girl when it came out … Continue Reading Music Mondays With Whitney Houston And Mariah Carey: How to Create Miracles Out of Times of Despair
Dear Black Body
Understanding body love through the lens of racism
Music Mondays: Jonathan McReynolds’ Song Is Exactly What You Need to Unlock the Secret to Self-Acceptance
You won’t understand unconditional love, until you hear this song
This Model Will Make You Rethink Beauty In Men
For some of us there is no make up to cushion
the fall of rejection or hiding who we are
Dear Body, I Forgive You (Via LilyJune). How to Love Your Body When It is Trying To Kill You
this is a letter reposted from the blog called dearlilyjune. I immediately fell in love with this letter because when starting this blog to inspire people to have a compassionate and loving relationship with their bodies, I wondered whether I was naive. Naive in the sense that I didn’t really know what it is like to struggle to like your body if you are living with an autoimmune disease, if you’re living with a disability, if you are transgender. I don’t have that experience, so how do I create the space in which all people can explore that compassionate relationship? That is why love letters are so important to this blog. Because publishing them allows you the reader and I to hear it straight from the person experiencing these difficulties. We can all learn about what it’s like to love a body that sometimes fails you, that is sometimes trying to kill you in its attempt to survive, or living in a body that people feel entitled to police or abuse. I hope you find this letter as delightful and uplifting as it is heartbreaking.
Happy Mother’s Day: a Love Letter To My Mother
My mother is the very first person to shape my understanding of body image because after all, as children (and beyond), our parents are our first role models. As a little … Continue Reading Happy Mother’s Day: a Love Letter To My Mother
Why I Stayed
I tried to leave. I really did.
Dear Body, For a Long Time I Struggled To Love you. By Ruth Krug
Dear Body, I love you. Actually, I am in love with you. For a long time I struggled to find myself, to love you. I thought you were to blame. … Continue Reading Dear Body, For a Long Time I Struggled To Love you. By Ruth Krug
Dear Body, by Oliver Schminkey
Content warning: Rape; sexual assault; abuse; dysphoria mention; transphobia; queerphobia Dear Body, We both know there was a “before him.” I spent a long time thinking there would not be … Continue Reading Dear Body, by Oliver Schminkey
Letters to My Body: by Jonattan Salazar
Button Poetry is a YouTube channel in which I constantly lose myself because I am always so enthralled by the vulnerability displayed by the artists. Nearly every performance there feels … Continue Reading Letters to My Body: by Jonattan Salazar
The Best Most Heartbreaking Thing I Have Ever Been Told
How heartbreak sent me on my journey to mastering the art of love
A Love Letter
How to Fall in love
A Photo-essay: Decolonizing My Body, My Being (By Eddie Ndopu)
In the winter of 2011, almost three weeks before my twenty-first birthday, I had the extraordinary pleasure of joining forces with photographer Saddi Khali, a visionary artist celebrated for producing … Continue Reading A Photo-essay: Decolonizing My Body, My Being (By Eddie Ndopu)
