Decolonizing Beauty and the Body
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This is for the womyn and their allies seeking to disrupt the indoctrination of our bodies and beauty She has two philosophies.
Yarel is an independent consultant with more than twenty years of experience promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within her personal and professional environments. First, is to help create positive and inclusive environments for the betterment of all stakeholders. Second, is to create spaces and dialogues that do not normally exist within our everyday communication. Yarel specializes in relationship building and educating through collaboration and resource sharing. She creates safe spaces where she sees a need. Thus, her social media platform is based on “Ya in her journey.”
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Homepage - Know Your Hairitage To help educate children ages five through nine about the the cultural significance of hairstyles of African descent.
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Erykah Badu's outfit at the Billboard Women in Music 2025 event has gone viral, and of course, there are men and other immature individuals focusing on the superficial comments about BBLs, etc. So, I'd like to take a moment to educate.
Badu's look was inspired by the Venus of Willendorf statue, a symbol of fertility and motherhood. The exaggerated features of the statue represent the power and beauty of women's bodies. As a doula, Badu is passionate about supporting women during childbirth and beyond. In fact, she's even assisted celebrities like Summer Walker and Teyana Taylor during their labors.
Her outfit is more than just a fashion statement - it's a celebration of femininity, fertility, and motherhood. But what's striking is how some men reacted to it. They saw it as an invitation to objectify and sexualize Badu's body, rather than understanding the deeper meaning behind her outfit.
This reaction says a lot about how alot of men view women's bodies. Men are often taught to see women's bodies as objects of desire, rather than as powerful symbols of fertility, creativity, and life.
They would never even consider that Badu was mocking anything that celebrates the beauty and power of women's bodies, without objectifying or sexualizing them.
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I'm at the end of my 40s and it's been quite a ride. Despite all the things that life has thrown at me, the 40s has been my favorite decade of my journey. I found myself and continue to shed the layers of colonization and indoctrination.
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