This is so beautiful. I love the way you’ve reframed all the traditional expectations on womanhood into something so practical and attainable. And messy. Xo to you.
Thank you for reading! 📖 decolonized self-care is one that untangles and subverts an overculture that focuses “self-care” on being more productive, beautiful, pleasing, etc. while simultaneously never acknowledging broader implications of said overculture. (Our overculture is one of colonization, patriarchy, capitalism. Ex: The marketing of “self-care” as expensive products rather than systemic change.) Check out that movie Nightbitch. And also the book On Our Best Behavior by Elisa Loehnen. I’ll call you and we can talk about it more 📞 pretty revolutionary! 🌊
This is so beautiful. I love the way you’ve reframed all the traditional expectations on womanhood into something so practical and attainable. And messy. Xo to you.
Thank you so much for reading. xo back
I love the nest, baby steps and permission to be messy….I don’t think I understand what it means to decolonize though…thank you for writing!
Thank you for reading! 📖 decolonized self-care is one that untangles and subverts an overculture that focuses “self-care” on being more productive, beautiful, pleasing, etc. while simultaneously never acknowledging broader implications of said overculture. (Our overculture is one of colonization, patriarchy, capitalism. Ex: The marketing of “self-care” as expensive products rather than systemic change.) Check out that movie Nightbitch. And also the book On Our Best Behavior by Elisa Loehnen. I’ll call you and we can talk about it more 📞 pretty revolutionary! 🌊
Thank You ❤️ for this post! It is liberating, gives respectfulness to us as humans and gives me a 'smiling balm' to my heart!
I love your 'permission to be messy' poem!