Remembering My Authentic Self Before the Initiation to Patriarchy. A Call to Access Our Voice by Remembering the Age Before Women Learn to Shut It Down.
Thank you for such a poignant article and for sharing such pictures. I remember (this was 2000s) being keenly aware of a sense of loss during this change from preteen to teen years back then. I hated the expectations of beauty norms. Though as a kid I really liked some girly things (and still do) like nail polish, I hated the feeling that I would be expected to do these things every day. It felt too time consuming, and all that stuff lost its fun.
Such a great way to look at this, and reflect on who you were before that voice and power were drowned out by these harmful cultural narratives.
Thank you for such a poignant article and for sharing such pictures. I remember (this was 2000s) being keenly aware of a sense of loss during this change from preteen to teen years back then. I hated the expectations of beauty norms. Though as a kid I really liked some girly things (and still do) like nail polish, I hated the feeling that I would be expected to do these things every day. It felt too time consuming, and all that stuff lost its fun.