Tell your daughters how you love your body.
Tell them how they must love theirs.
Tell them to be proud of every bit of themselves — from their tiger… - Nikita Gill
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Tell your daughters how you love your body. Tell them how they must love theirs.
Tell them to be proud of every bit of themselves — from their tiger stripes to the soft flesh of their thighs, whether there is a little of them or a lot, whether freckles cover their face or not, whether their curves are plentiful or slim, whether their hair is thick, curly, straight, long or short.
Tell them how they inherited their ancestors, souls in their smiles, that their eyes carry countries that breathed life into history, that the swing of their hips does not determine their destiny.
Tell them never to listen when bodies are critiqued. Tell them every woman’s body is beautiful because every woman’s soul is unique.
Nikita Gill (born 20 June 1987) is a British-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator based in south England. She has written and curated eight volumes of poetry. Gill uses social media to engage her audience and she has over 650,000 followers on Instagram, one of the most popular poets on the platform.
Take this as your reminder. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear darkness, some wear wounds.
There is nothing convenient about freedom. It is born from battle cries and war, and blood, and death and people living for it and dying for it without ever getting it.
Never let anyone tell you that it was easy for you to have the fire, the storms, the oceans of strength to speak your mind that you have today.
Fill your life with women that empower you, that help you believe in your magic and aid them to believe in their own exceptional power and their incredible magic too. Women that believe in each other can survive anything. Women who believe in each other create armies that will win kingdoms and wars.
