Today, I find myself annoyed. REALLY annoyed at the amount of body shaming and blame placing that is going on. I fail to understand how WOMEN are pointing fingers at other women and saying that dressing in skimpy clothing is showing that you are "available" a[...]
Empowering women has always been important to me. Perhaps more so in recent years though. For as long as I've lived, I've been surrounded by people who believe in the power we have as individuals to make a difference. I've watched lives being changed because[...]
As women, we are expected to be a certain way and do certain things. Anything outside of that is improper. We need to suck it up and accept that this is how it has "always been" as if that's some excuse for letting it continue in the same way for all eternity[...]
All throughout my life I've had body issues. As a teenager I dressed in baggy clothing. Too afraid someone will see my body. I remember being a child and being made so painfully aware of the possibility of being raped, molested, touched inappropriately.[...]