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How Cultivating Self-Love Supports Social Justice
How Cultivating Self-Love Supports Social Justice posted by Elizabeth Scott / December 16, 2020The practice of turning towards our critical voice with curiosity and kindness is the foundation of social justice work. Why? If we can become aware of how our aggression...
Exercise and Self-Love – they aren’t mutually exclusive!
Exercise and Self-Love - they aren’t mutually exclusive!posted by The Body Positive / October 24, 2016 Summary: A news reporter with Yahoo Beauty reached out to The Body Positive last week and asked us to comment on an issue that’s raised in a video they shared with...
Activism In Action: Cafe Edition
Activism In Action: Cafe Editionposted by Naomi Finkelstein / September 29, 2016 I’m sitting in a coffee shop doing work, and a bubbly man comes in. I overhear his conversation with the shop owner: “Can I have a donut please?” “Sure thing.” “I really want four, but...
A Dedication for My Sister: Today, You Would Have Been 60
A Dedication for My Sister: Today, You Would Have Been 60posted by Connie Sobczak / September 12, 2016 Today is my sister Stephanie’s birthday. She would have turned sixty years old. I say, “would have” because she died more than two decades ago at the age of...
Recipes for Pleasure: Egg Edition
Recipes for Pleasure: Egg Editionposted by Connie Sobczak / August 8, 2016 This morning, I am inspired by my breakfast to talk about pleasure! I just finished eating and can still taste the subtle flavors of my egg concoction lingering on my taste buds. My coffee is...
When Facing Micro-Aggressions, Community Matters
When Facing Micro-Aggressions, Community Mattersposted by Naomi Finkelstein / August 8, 2016 I just came back to the Bay Area after a month-long vacation in my hometown where I got to relax, rejuvenate, and spend quality time with my family and friends. While it was a...
Turning to Self-Love in Times of Tragedy
Turning to Self-Love in Times of Tragedyposted by Jessica Diaz France / July 9, 2016 It seems that every day the world feels the reverberation of another tragedy. Gun violence, race relations, war, changes in the economy, poverty, inequality, gender gap…the list...
