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You don’t have to choose between your sexual side, your intellectual side, your emotional side, or your spiritual side…. Just combine them all into one powerful expression and shine that brilliant...
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Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing “the most”, meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick, and big hair is artifice, fake, and a distraction. But I...
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“Ethnic” clothes and hairstyles are still stigmatized as unprofessional, “cultural” foods are treated as exotic past times, and the vernacular of people of color is ridiculed and demeaned. So there is...
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I can’t recall another period with such a wide-ranging mainstream presence as this Carefree Black Girl archetype. You may recognize it as Willow Smith rocking a pink Mohawk, Corinne Bailey Rae...
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We’re conditioned to believe that external validation is a necessary substitute for self-confidence. Furthermore, having any positivity toward yourself is deeply stigmatized, policed by accusations of...
View ArticleGG Renee, on personal growth
I am learning to let myself be what I need to be and let others be what they need to be. I am different but the same, having surrendered to my calling. Accepting that this journey will pull me away...
View ArticleDay 3: Permission #30Layers30Days
What factors block your self-expression the most? Insecurity. Intimidation. Feeling like other people can express the same things much better than I can. Not knowing when what’s happening in my head...
View ArticleDay 5: Listen to Me #30Layer30Days
If you normally struggle to speak your mind, what kinds of things motivate you to speak up? What makes your inhibitions go out the window and your truth come pouring out? If you don’t normally struggle...
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selamx: What I wish for everyone including myself is fearlessness and honesty. Not just in the new year but forever and ever. To power through, and love ourselves, and truly express what it is that...
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