Recognizing My Body as a Temple

And treating it as such

Growing up, I always wanted to be skinny. I mean fashion skinny which isn’t all that typical for black girls who come from lineages of women with thick thighs, wide hips, and features that are the total opposite of what the European standard of beauty comprises. When Bella Hadid popped up on the radar transforming her pear shape into a sharp and lean physique with this…