sharanguru: “Karupee” “Yaen ivala karruthutta?” “Because I fucking can and I look like chocolate.” Which is the response I should have given Tamil Aunties every time I came back from vacation. I was truly always afraid of getting “too dark” or “too roasted” when I went out in the sun or went on vacation. I was afraid my family or relatives/friends were going to make me feel like I was less because the sun blessed me with more melanin. However there was always one person that made me appreciate my skin more and made me love getting darker. Thank you to my cousin and self love inspo @thurka. Thank you for always standing up to shadeism and explaining to me that being dark skin is just as beautiful as being lightskin. Thank you for telling me that it’s okay if some parts are darker than other parts of my body. Thank you for tanning and getting so excited over getting 6 shades darker when we would go on vacation. Thank you for being my number one advocate for my own skin that I didn’t believe in. If it wasn’t for your self love, I wouldn’t have mine today ❤ P.S thank you to my love @tristannu for making me feel like fine chocolate as always 😘😘😘 📸 @tristanuu
