Below are the best articles we could find on Self-Acceptance and self expression.
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“Representation and visibility is given to us by larger power structures, but what do we give ourselves? I’m more interested in that. What questions are we asking ourselves to grow and heal? To challenge the ways this world constantly teaches us to hate ourselves?”
When I told my family I was trans, one of their initial reactions was, “But you’re so hairy! It’s going to be so difficult to remove all your hair to be a woman, so you should just give up.” They were zeroing in on my body hair as the barrier for me to be seen as feminine.
At 25, Harnaam Kaur holds the world record as the youngest woman to have a full beard. For years, she was bullied. Now she’s an Instagram star.
One of life’s paradoxes is that we are encouraged to “be ourselves,” but are often punished when we do.
To say that fatphobia is not connected to anti-Blackism is to not understand the deep-rooted history between the two.
For LGBTQ youth in particular, the Internet can be a refuge—a safe place to feel less alone. For queer youth to feel normal, they need to see, read and hear the voices of others who look like them and use the same identifying labels.
So many successful people credit their sense of self and their confidence to their success. But not many people really explain how to build confidence, or how to become confident.
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The Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in moments of upheaval, the importance of women’s rights, and more.
The cause of and cure for the illusion of separateness that keeps us from embracing the richness of life.
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