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Despite Fat Shaming, I Learned to Love My Body

I wasn’t always fat shamed, but I did always have issues that challenged me regarding my body image. Having insecurities while trying your hardest to fit in was a struggle I faced growing up. Often, I would reminisce about my youthful body. Looking at old photos still brings me to tears. There was one photo…

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How My Melanin Gave Me Confidence to Defy Beauty Standards

By binta

I have the type of melanin that presses buttons. I have the type of melanin and facial structure that pushes people to ask unsettling questions, like: What are you? Are you Black or are you African? How are you a brown-skinned Muslim but you sound White? One can imagine how hearing questions like these on…