DARK SKINNED; Beautiful just as you are!
Photo Credit: Shuttershock I started hating myself for my own skin color; I was looking for something which I could never get: fair skin....
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SAFIGI
May 17, 20205 min read
AIN'T I A WOMAN?
This story was written by Ashley Dye from the USA. If I had a dollar for the innumerable times I have been called or referred to as ‘he’,...
SAFIGI
Apr 19, 20204 min read
DON'T BE TOO HARSH ON YOURSELF.
This story was written by Flavia Bueno from BRAZIL. I am Flavia Regina Bueno, a 27 year old Brazilian Ph.D. Student, and I am here to...
SAFIGI
May 6, 20183 min read
TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANTS IS NOT A WEAKNESS!
This story was written by Hannah Ribbens from the USA. I have always wanted to be in the military. It has interested me for years, and I...
SAFIGI
Apr 12, 20184 min read
I SHOULD NOT BE SHAMED FOR MY THIN BODY!
This story was written by Ananya De from INDIA. I have faced a variety of body shaming, sometimes subtle and sometimes direct. There were...
SAFIGI
Apr 12, 20184 min read
DO NOT CHANGE YOURSELF JUST TO FIT IN!
This story was written by Nurul Nadhira from MALAYSIA. Back when I was younger, I used to have trouble wearing hijab. I was quite young...
SAFIGI
Apr 1, 20183 min read
MARRIAGE CAN WAIT, DREAMS DON'T!
This story was written by Shucheesmita Simonti from BANGLADESH. I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2011, I got ICCR scholarship to pursue...
SAFIGI
Mar 29, 20184 min read
SOCIETY PUTS A LINK BETWEEN SKIN COLOR AND A WOMAN'S BEAUTY!
This story was written by Ly Phuong from VIETNAM. I am Phuong and I come from Vietnam. I have dark skin and I am growing up in a society...
SAFIGI
Feb 25, 20184 min read
WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND THAT'S OUR POWER!
This story was written by Iliana Oikonomou from GREECE. While you grow up, you have a lot of people telling you what’s right and what’s...
SAFIGI
Feb 18, 20185 min read
HOW WE LOOK DOES NOT DEFINE WHO WE ARE.
This story was written by Courtney Lucey from the UK. As a woman in society today, it is almost impossible to accept our bodies and be...
SAFIGI
Feb 4, 20182 min read
PEOPLE'S COMMENTS AFFECTED MY WELLBEING!
This story was written by Amaka Ekezie from NIGERIA. My name is Amaka Ekezie and I live in the southern part of Nigeria. All my life I...
SAFIGI
Feb 1, 20184 min read
MY PAST EXPERIENCES SHOULDN'T RUIN MY PRESENT LIFE
This story was written by Adedamola Taofeekat from NIGERIA. My name is Odofin Adedamola Taofeekat and I am a 21 year old from Nigeria....
SAFIGI
Jan 19, 20183 min read
SOCIETY PUTS INVISIBLE STANDARDS ON GIRLS BODIES!
This story was written by Marion Mbiyu from KENYA. I feel like the older I have become, the more aware I have become of my shame. I find...
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