Instead of aspiring toward another version of beauty or having something to prove, liberation is deeply personal. Accepting where we are right now (including but not limited to our appearance) as well as the world we live in. “Liberation is recognizing the systemic issues that surround us and acknowledging that perhaps we’re not able to fix them all on our own,” wrote author and activist Jes Baker.4 “Liberation is slowly learning how to become the best version of our whole selves—body included, yes. But it is no longer a requirement on our checklist of self-improvement to learn to love it.”
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