is this womanhood?
Is there a right/ wrong way to live as a woman?
I miss how naively I used to make art when I was younger. How I just wrote down words I thought sounded good together and somehow seemed to represent what I felt. How I just edited a whole poetry book with poems and pictures I made, without the intention to release it. How dedicated I used to be solely for my pleasure.
I was recklessly confident... See more
I was recklessly confident... See more
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before acting school and putting art on such a pedestal - still one of my best art is the one I made when I was 17
put down the perfect girl syndrome
What influence does my individual choices have if every woman around me keeps upholding unsustaniable beauty standards? What does it mean when they tell me “you are beautiful” but we share the same body type and they keep talking about how much they hate theirs?
Lelwica, further argues that the “ religion of thinness” is seductive because it... See more
Lelwica, further argues that the “ religion of thinness” is seductive because it... See more
so, you're skinny. what else?
!If you're always the emotional therapist for your friends, maybe it’s time to stop charging your soul for their insecurities.!
ok so here is something I thought I would never write. Maybe it is one of the meanest and yet truest things I ever said.
Being surrounded and being friends with insecure people is exhausting. Especially as a warm and caring
... See moreUnd alles was jetzt zählt ist, dass ich mich so schön fühle , wie schon lange nicht mehr. Mit meinen zerzausten Haaren, ohne MakeUp und in meinem viel zu dünnen Unterhemd auf diesem kalten Balkon.
Und in all dem Chaos spüre ich mich auf einmal wieder.
Ich hab mich.
Auf einmal ist es garnicht so schlimm, dass ich keine Ahnung davon habe, wo ich hinwill... See more
Und in all dem Chaos spüre ich mich auf einmal wieder.
Ich hab mich.
Auf einmal ist es garnicht so schlimm, dass ich keine Ahnung davon habe, wo ich hinwill... See more
Alles was jetzt zählt
true feelings of beauty
I also believe pleasure generated through our own power should resonate as far into the future as possible. If I eat something that tastes super-delicious but makes me sluggish and tired and sends me into a spiral of body shaming, then that was not a pleasurable experience, no matter how juicy and delicious it was. However, if I eat something
... See moreadrienne maree brown, Rodriguez, • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)
Pleasure as an act of self care and looking out for oneself?
To enjoy a free sexuality, you need to come to terms with the body you are living in, unless you want to wait until you lose twenty pounds, which could take forever. Or until you look younger—don’t hold your breath. Do remember: your sexiness is about how you feel, not how you look.
Janet W. Hardy • The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
Think about all the different people you find attractive. They also don’t fit every standard. Think of the small imperfections that do the most for you - the smile lines, the mole on the cheek, the gap between front teeth, a round face,… allow the same for yourself