“My body is a gift from my parents.
The temple of my soul, my mind, my heart.
My body is pride
a portrait of my land,
a love song.
My body is not yours to judge.
It is not yours to decide.
Not yours to criticize.
It's mine, mine alone, and no one else's.”
― Does My Body Offend You?
The temple of my soul, my mind, my heart.
My body is pride
a portrait of my land,
a love song.
My body is not yours to judge.
It is not yours to decide.
Not yours to criticize.
It's mine, mine alone, and no one else's.”
― Does My Body Offend You?
“Putting our minds to something has never been the problem. The problem has been: Who decides whose mind is worthy?”
― Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution
― Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution
“Until women are allowed to make mediocre works of art while still succeeding in the way that many white men get to do this every single day, we will not have the power to take our creative freedoms back. We will be limited by impossible expectations reserved for the few. As long as we are put and put ourselves on a patriarchal pedestal, too high to succeed and doomed to fail, then surely we will be set up to do exactly that, every time.”
― Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution
― Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution
“I want to hurl the question at Dr. Hardaway. At Doris the secretary. At Nurse Hopkins. And at every other woman who’s ever made me feel like there’s something wrong with me because of the shape of my body. They should know better. “It’s perfect,” I reply.”
― Does My Body Offend You?
― Does My Body Offend You?
“Mi cuerpo es un regalo de mis padres.
El templo de mi alma, mi mente, mi corazón.
Mi cuerpo es orgullo,
un retrato de mi tierra,
una canción de amor.
Mi cuerpo no es tuyo para juzgar.
No es tuyo para decidir.
Ni tuyo para criticar.
Es mío, solo mío, y de nadie más.”
― Does My Body Offend You?
El templo de mi alma, mi mente, mi corazón.
Mi cuerpo es orgullo,
un retrato de mi tierra,
una canción de amor.
Mi cuerpo no es tuyo para juzgar.
No es tuyo para decidir.
Ni tuyo para criticar.
Es mío, solo mío, y de nadie más.”
― Does My Body Offend You?
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