“A woman of color’s self-love is political and radical,

[redqueen]

and it is unsettling for the status quo because she is choosing bravely to dismantle the narratives of racist aesthetics against her. So when people bully a girl of color for being content and satisfied with her appearance - a reality that is subjected to racist, sexist slurs in cosmetic industries - and when they tell her to be “humble” which is normative code for “Nah, you’re not special, you’re not light and delicate in a Eurocentric way” then she has every right to chew their hearts and spit them out. A non-white girl’s self-love is revolutionary and anyone trying to water it down needs to back right off.”

- Mehreen Kasana

[JustAnotherGen]

1. That is a beautiful quote

[redqueen]

2. Yep.

Gets me right in the feels. I love it so much.

[ismnotwasm]

3. Nice