So, the goal is to educate beyond the point of rhetoric. I can hold a conversation and not spout out facts and statistics, but produce a stream of consciousness that accurately relays passion, facts, humanity. That's the goal.
I have been rejecting media lately. Rejecting what I am supposed to look like. Taking time to appreciate the curve, shape, strength of my body. I don't want to be invisible anymore. I want to be loud, heard over the cacophony. I don't want to slip in and out of subways, but shoulder my way through. I don't want to be so small that I need to go to the kids section, I don't want my eyes to sink in my face, I need them vibrant and beautiful.
I've been doing all this. Remembering that when I compare yourself to another woman, I don't know if she is even happy with herself. Stopping myself when the berating thoughts start. Smiling in the mirror when I feel the frowns coming. I don't pinch with my fingers, I run them up and down, loving the curve/shape/strength of my body.
I have been rejecting media lately. Rejecting what I am supposed to look like. Taking time to appreciate the curve, shape, strength of my body. I don't want to be invisible anymore. I want to be loud, heard over the cacophony. I don't want to slip in and out of subways, but shoulder my way through. I don't want to be so small that I need to go to the kids section, I don't want my eyes to sink in my face, I need them vibrant and beautiful.
I've been doing all this. Remembering that when I compare yourself to another woman, I don't know if she is even happy with herself. Stopping myself when the berating thoughts start. Smiling in the mirror when I feel the frowns coming. I don't pinch with my fingers, I run them up and down, loving the curve/shape/strength of my body.
posted by Kate at Saturday, September 30, 2006
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Sometimes I ask myself the same questions when I see myself in the mirror.
But you know that the women who look the way they "should look like" normally hate themselves and their bodies.
I agree with D. You are beautiful. Although the important thing will be that you actually believe your are beautiful. Do it, ok? Because, as he said, you are smart and great!
Mmm, I should repeat those words to myself more often, hahahahaha.
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