Body Love: Z is for Zest
The A to Z challenge has taken me much longer to finish than I had expected. But I am not a quitter, so here I am with my last post for the challenge. I...
Category: A to Z Challenge 2020
Body Love: Y is for Youth
It is really difficult to define when youth ends and middle age begins. The lines are blurred because we live in an age where certain milestones are not happening for everyone. They are also...
Body Love: X is for Xenophobia
It might seem weird that I would want to talk about xenophobia in connection with loving my body. I am white, right? I can already see some of you look at this post with...
Body Love: W is for Weight
Body weight is such an infected topic. Most people are focused on the numbers and calculate their BMIs to make sure they are what is supposed to be a healthy weight. This has led...
Body Love: V is for Vagina
My life is not like in the movies. In the movies, women encourage each other to take their tiny make up mirrors, spread their legs and look at their own vaginas. And then everyone...
Body Love: U is for Uterus
I was born with an uterus and ovaries. They are part of me. I mostly identify as a cis-female and for many this entails that you embrace the task nature has given you: you...
Body Love: T is for Tummy
It is weird. I actually avoided writing this post for a few days. I tried to find the words but I got upset every time I started thinking about it. It made me realize...
Body Love: S is for Scars
CW: mention of self-harm and self-harm scars I wonder if it is possible to have an adult body free of scars? Most kids have small accidents leaving them with faint scars even later in...
Body Love: R is for Roots
The way that we look at our own bodies is very much influenced by our experiences of other people’s approaches towards our bodies. If you come from a loving and non-judgmental home, you most...
Body Love: Q is for Queefing
I admit that it is difficult to find an interesting topic that starts with the letter Q, and that is also in some way related to the body and body love. But after some...
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