I will not Conform to your Terms of Beauty

I will not allow you to tell me what beautiful is.

I will not allow you to aspire to something I know I could never be.

I will not allow you to give me advice that you won’t take yourself.

I will not allow your negativity to ruin my day or life.

I will continue to do my hair how i feel and do whats better for me and my life.

I will continue to stand in front of my mirrors naked and love my body. Every lump, every roll, every curve, and every mole. I will not allow you to advise me to eat less and exercise more in order to fit in with the acceptable standard of what the female body should look like.

I will not allow you to tell me to stop crying. I will cry when I’m sad, laugh when I’m happy and shout when I’m angry. I will not allow you to tell me that I cannot express my emotions, even if I don’t understand those emotions myself.

I will continue to be awesome in everything that I do because that is something I have set out for myself. I will continue to grow in my journey, with or without your approval.

This is my oath, what’s yours?