I am a big girl. A voluptuous, curvy, dress-wearing lesbian. I love my body; it’s the only one I’ll ever have. I eat a lot of greens and work out and drink gin martinis and put M&Ms in my froyo and sometimes I don’t do anything but watch Project Runway.
I am allowed to look sexy, feel sexy, and be in love. I am worthy of all of those things, and so are you. Own your good and bad, and all the scary parts that you’ve been covering up because it is yours and no amount of judgement can tell you how to love your body. In the words of Sonya Renee, the body is not an apology.
You are magic.
”—Mary Lambert, via Facebook (via plannedparenthood)The fight against sex trafficking isn’t hopeless. Just look at some of this good work being done in Nashville.
This is a great article about the work of Magdalene, an organization for prostitute survivors, and one of its star clients.