{"product_id":"my-body-does-not-need-to-be-modified-to-be-worthy-of-respect-waistbeads","title":"My body does not need to be modified to be worthy of respect waistbeads","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"1017\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"1017\"\u003eYour mother could detect a two kilo weight gain from across the room.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1084\"\u003eShe loved you. She also had notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1256\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1143\"\u003eAre you sure you want to eat that?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1146\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1194\"\u003eYou looked so beautiful when you were slimmer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1197\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1256\"\u003eThat dress would look better if you lost a little weight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1329\"\u003eAnd somehow, your body became the longest running family group project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003eEverybody had feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1382\"\u003eNobody had been appointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1507\"\u003ePerhaps your mother was not trying to hurt you. Perhaps she was repeating the same rules she had inherited from her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1591\"\u003eBecome smaller.\u003cbr data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1527\"\u003eRemain desirable.\u003cbr data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1547\"\u003eNever look too comfortable in your own skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1716\"\u003eShe gave you her eyes, her laugh and possibly her excellent ability to find things everybody else has already searched for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1782\"\u003eBut you do not have to inherit the way she spoke about her body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"1793\"\u003eOr yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1850\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1850\"\u003eThe family committee has officially been disbanded.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1984\"\u003eThese traditional West African tie on waistbeads are not a measuring tape, punishment or promise that your body will become smaller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1986\" data-end=\"2005\"\u003eThey are adornment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2007\" data-end=\"2067\"\u003eGlass beads tied around the stomach you were taught to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2069\" data-end=\"2144\"\u003eSomething beautiful resting on the body people kept suggesting you improve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2345\"\u003eThere is no clasp. No elastic. Once tied around your waist or hips, they remain there continuously as your body lives, softens, changes and takes up the space required to carry you through this life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2347\" data-end=\"2397\"\u003eYou are allowed to change your body if you choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2484\"\u003eYou may lose weight.\u003cbr data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2422\"\u003eGain weight.\u003cbr data-start=\"2434\" data-end=\"2437\"\u003eBuild muscle.\u003cbr data-start=\"2450\" data-end=\"2453\"\u003eGrow older.\u003cbr data-start=\"2464\" data-end=\"2467\"\u003eChange your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2557\"\u003eBut respect is not the prize waiting at the end of that transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2559\" data-end=\"2581\"\u003eIt belongs to you now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2583\" data-end=\"2680\"\u003eThat is the magic of placing waistbeads around the part of yourself you were taught to criticise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2890\" data-end=\"2933\"\u003ePart of The Summer of Self-Care Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2935\" data-end=\"3018\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2935\" data-end=\"3018\"\u003eChoose your waistbeads. 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