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My body, my life.

“Who knew a little unbounded sensual self-touch could lead to such liberty?”

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Thinking on the Page: “Love”

“I wonder if being in a romantic relationship is the unquestioned prerequisite to being accepted-then-respected in most societies. It's almost to say that if you're "with" someone, you must somehow be lovable, or at least likable.”

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The Licked Soul

“Closing her eyes and beginning to run her right fingers through the strings playing the tune of her soul, she softened.”

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Sharp Pain

The short story of a woman remembering herself by re-identifying with her body

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Upon Deep Breath

Reflections on egoic desires and spiritual movement

"I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay."

— Tracee Ellis Ross