The Body Is Not an Apology

“Liberation is the opportunity for every human, no matter their body, to have unobstructed access to their highest self, for every human to live in radical self-love.”

It was born from the fear that the world would be cruel to me if my body was not an acceptable size or shape, as the world had been cruel to them. They could not imagine a world that would love any woman in a larger body, and they wanted me to be loved. Their concern came from love, and that love felt like a knife to the heart.

would not be an act of truly caring for any of them.

What makes you so special that you think that not only do we have to listen to you, we have to look at you as well?”

Team members were given time to consider what they needed or what the team should know to aid in their fullest participation in the meeting. A teammate had chronic pain and said they would need to step away to stretch during the call. Another shared how their depressive episode was impacting their information processing and might need folks to repe

Each of us has traversed a gauntlet of traumas, shames, and fears to be where we are today, wherever that is. Each day we wake to a planet full of social, political, and economic obstructions that siphon our energy and diminish our sense of self.

Still we scoff at the rolling out of so many letters, never questioning who we have been erasing and shrinking into a dry binary default.

we are not saying anything new

#abledsareweird