#selfloveispower

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Friends need you, But you need you too, Sometimes selfcare, Is all u can do, But you must stay true, To doing whatever's best, For you! Hello I'm Mo! #selfloveispower #personalclout #selfcareiskey #catchemafter #takecareofself #helloimmo #poetrybymo #mo #poetry #cantsaveemall #positivethoughts #selfmaintenance #self #caring #notbeingcodependent #dependonyourself (at Fresno, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjA2Atl68n/?igshid=fv408hshr5gg

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"Everyone has mental illness...Its just some are more aware than others. Be aware!!"

Mo.

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I used to avoid any mention of my butt. Especially not in public or on social media. Why? Because I was ashamed of it. When I was younger, I was this young girl, with a fully developed grown woman's body, even in my teens. I was teased about my shape, and I would do everything in my power to hide my hips in pictures. I think about #SarahBaartman a lot. She was a former slave who was tortured because of her shape, and our shapes are very similar. They couldn't 'figure her body out' so they used her in zoo exhibits, and her body (coming from the Khoikhoi African tribe) was parceled out and mocked for years even after she passed. I share this with you not to be morbid. But, because I have grown to fiercely, defiantly, love this little curvy body of mine. We Brown Women carry a lot of ancestral history in our bodies. And how we view and celebrate (or have shame) about our bodies plays a HUGE role in our psyche and in how we walk and move in the world. I often think about Sarah, and how I wished she could have been free to walk proudly in her curvy body. Without ridicule, without shame, and with total love and adoration for how beautiful, powerful, and strong she was! I'm no Sarah, but I'm one fierce Rajdulari. 💪🏽😌💞 I will wear my hips and curves proudly, knowing full well the struggle that we face as women. It is a REVOLUTIONARY act to love oneself, especially in the face of a society that only wants to compartmentalize and sexualize us. Be fierce in your self-love, ladies. Take the thing that you were once so ashamed of, and love and celebrate all of your uniqueness! Even on days when I feel wobbly, or my body struggles with movement, I think about how grateful I am to be alive and to be able to spend quiet time loving on my body and doing this deep, intense work of self-healing, love and awareness... I don't take these moments lightly, and I guard them fiercely with my whole heart... 🎶Black Girl Struggle-Talib Kweli🎶 #BlackisBeautiful #BlackGirlMagic #FierceSelfLove #SelfLoveisPower #CurvyGirlsRule #BlackGirlsdoPiYo #EmbraceYourJoy #FallInLoveWithYou