Self Love

A student discusses not conforming to beauty standards as a woman with polycystic ovary syndrome.

A student shares their lifelong experience with anorexia nervosa and negative self-image.

A student details the end of a high school relationship and how she’s grown since then.

A student rejects the notion that taking medication is an invalid way to treat their mental illness.

A student writes about self-harm and her journey to loving themself.

Watching the Naked Bike Ride gave one student a wave of confidence she had not felt before.

A student writes about how being sexually assaulted influenced herself and future relationships.

Students explain how they are finding self-love with or without changing their bodies.

A student reflects on her New Year’s resolution to love herself.

A sophomore English and African Studies and Africology major weighs in on self care and self-love as a Black woman.