I have feminist tendencies but I love girly girl stuff. I love the princess, diva, ballerina, you
name it I love it. Lucky for me I have 2
beautiful girls. They have bright
sparkling eyes, broad button noses, heart shaped full lips, and heads with tons
of kinky curls. They are a reflection of
me (and hubby too, I guess). I want
them to see their own beauty for themselves and not just through my eyes. It wasn’t enough that my mom told me I was
beautiful every day, all I could see was my “flaws”.
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| Essence Magazine |
In an effort to
reinforce their sense of beauty I have subscribed to Essence magazine. Pages upon pages of Black women in every
shade with every type of hair imaginable are scattered around my house. This is not because I want my girls to be
materialist fashonistas but because they need to see Black beauty in others so
they can see it in themselves. Images
are powerful. Influence extends farther
than my reach. Willow is whipping her
braids and A loves to wear her hair in braids and whip them even though she is
the only girl in her school with them. I
know the days are coming when they will want more than nothing else to
conform. I just hope I am laying a
strong foundation in self appreciation so those days are short lived.
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