My understanding of drawing boundaries evolved when I realized self care relied on being reflexive about my actions, instead of focusing on the actions of others.

“Awakening to love can happen only as we let go of our obsession with power and domination.”- bell hooks, All About Love.

Fitness has been sold to us as a lifestyle for decades. Now, with social media, fitness culture is inescapable and so are the discriminatory practices that shape the phenomenon.

Mainstream feminism tricks us into thinking that liberation means participating in the same oppressive power structures that created the inequities we continue to resist. This is not where the struggle begins or ends.

The assignment now is to detangle from your role in the family and learn to love yourself unconditionally to speak your truth, and not pass it down any further.

We can’t seem to escape penis symbols and metaphors but there’s a reason for that: the correlation between power, masculinity and the phallus continues to shape every aspect of society.