We live in a world where beauty is constantly being defined and redefined, and while no clear definition stands, it is something that every woman feels pressure to attain.
It's the B word, that's what! Warrioress Nation is here to showcase our own truth in the matter. Beauty is YOU in your truest, loveliest, and most valiant form! (Bet ya didn't expect that word.)
But it's true - if we look back to the Ancients... Greeks, Romans, Vikings, whatever... we see that their beauty trends differed greatly than what the media tells us is beautiful today. The trend then? STRENGTH.
Do you honestly think a caveman would look twice at Miley Cyrus's [absence of a] booty? No way! Mr. Cavemen needed a woman that was strong enough to withstand not only the forces of nature, but the forces of nature with a baby hanging off her!
To these ancient men, strength was beautiful because it ensured the protection of their offspring, as well as the assurance that if any other cavemen came lurking around, Mrs. Caveman would be able to hold her own and send homeboy runnin.
In today's society, where survival tactics essentially become obsolete and we no longer have to live every day fighting off a sabertooth cat, we tend to forget that we (women) are made to be strong, too.
Strength is dedication. Strength is discipline. Strength is hard work, and sweat, and scars, and passion, and heart, and love. Love for what you do; love for who you are.
If muscle and cauliflower-ear are an indication of my body in it's utmost physical and mental shape (strength & toughness), then muscle and cauliflower-ear are the definition of beauty.