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when richard siken said 'love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. it's like a religion. it's terrifying. no one will ever want to sleep with you' i became overwhelmed with distress and had to fight the urge to knaw my own fingers off

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We're two slow dancers, last ones out

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happy birthday, @chaandajaan 💛🍊

"did you ever sleep in a field of orange trees in bloom? the air which one inhales deliciously is a quintessence of perfumes. it is like opium prepared by fairy hands." // guy de maupassant

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You're allowed to romanticize life. Every little stir of your coffee, every sip of your tea. The sounds of leaves and snow crunching under your shoes, and the way your breath curls through the air when it's cold. Life is beautiful, never forget.

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i can’t get angry at you, so i just get angry at me 

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learning to love your(ethnic)self

because we are often taught not to

noses

how i am coming to terms with my hooked nose

how i learned to love my big, ‘jewish’ nose — and, by extension, my religion: white

how i learned to love my big nose and lips

i’m proof you can learn to love a big nose

how i learned to love my face- nose and all

a journey of loathing and embracing big noses

love your big nose, because it connects you to your african roots

how i love my distinct (east) asian features

i used to be embarassed by my (east) asian features

how radhika sanghani learned to stop worrying and love her nose

bonus: the beauty of monolids, as told by 5 beauty bloggers

body hair

learning to love my body hair

a guide to loving your natural hair

coming to terms with my indian body hair in quarantine

leave my hairy arms alone

why it took me 19 years to embrace my brown skin and body hair

lebanese artist rallies againsts arab beauty standards (hair + nose)

embracing my body hair (…. kind of)

to those who feel left out by the body hair revolution: i see you

the black girls’ guide to shaving

skin

how i learned to love my skin color (tw: lightening/bleaching)

how i overcame colorism and learned to love my dark skin

my journey in loving my morena skin

why i love my brown skin (poem!)

how i learned to love my morena skin

how i learned to finally love my brown skin (tw: skin whitening)

how i learned to love my black skin

unfair and lovely (tw: skin whitening/bleaching)

learning to love my brown skin (brief mention of skin whitening)

how i learned to love the color of my skin

loving my brown skin: poem

here’s how i learned to fully embrace that my black is beautiful

hair

how “quarantine curls” reignited the natural hair movement.: black

real women share their kinky-curly hair stories

after 15 years, i’m finally starting to embrace my natural hair: black

how i learned to embrace my natural 4c hair pattern

embracing my naturally curly hair: nb

embracing (multiple types) of asian hair in all its glory

what it’s like wearing naturally curly hair as an arab american woman

india and curls

why you need to embrace your curly hair: arab

culture

i love my culture!: dominican

what does it mean to be african?

the love for my culture (poem/song)

how i came to embrace my culture: vietnamese

how i learned to embrace my culture: indian

my lunchbox moment: learning to embrace my culture: indian

embrace your unique latinx indentity

why is it important to embrace your culture and heritage with love?: nyonya

learning to embrace my heritage: AAPI (tw: cambodian genocide)

opinion: in our nation of immigrants, embrace cultural heritage: vietnamese (tw: violence against native americans)

how embracing my chinese heritage taught me how to respect myself and find the courage to become an entrepreneur.

embracing my family heritage: persian

embracing the african in african-american

how i learned to embrace my middle eastern self

embracing latinx culture

it’s never too late to get in touch with your cultural background: chinese-american

some ideas on how to start reconnecting!

how i embraced my cultural heritage: turkish

reconnecting: native

This is by no means an effort to mass-educate, or make an “all-inclusive” list (that doesn’t exist, btw). It’s me sharing with other nonwhite teens things that have helped me understand myself and show that you are able to reconnect with and embrace yourself. In summary, this is a list of stories by POC who have learned to love themselves and their backgrounds.

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Did you know?

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I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. For @silkenblood

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Basket of concrete fruit in Huairou by Stefano Cerio

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William Mortensen. Mary Mother of Jesus 1926. Portrait of Dorothy Cumming

See also

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Dipped in gold and fire

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- insta: verbenalune✨

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revising old biology notes ft. this gorgeous plant textbook and a greek bust of poseidon! my summer plans are coming together and i’m excited! it looks like i’ll be having a busy july and i’m really looking forward to it.

on a separate topic: i know that the covid-19 pandemic is scary for a lot of people. there is panic and racism and uncertainty, but despite it all, there has also been a lot of caring. please remember to be kind to yourselves and each other ♡

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Into the Rose Garden

roses in my city & Rossetti, ‘The Salutation of Beatrice’

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Oscar Wilde's grave, covered in red kiss stains was getting deteriorated from all the kisses, they putted a glass around it to protect it, (as if glass was going to stop Oscar Wilde's readers) now people kiss and write notes on the glass.

When I die I shall have this or nothing.

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Alexis Sundman by Ina Lekiewiczi for Harper’s Bazaar UK Magazine - October 2020