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Welcome to JVN Beauty!

By Jonathan Van Ness — 2021

Beauty is as much an inside job as it is an outside job. Come join me on a journey of beauty, hair, self discovery, self care, and more. In this space, all are welcome.

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Have We Been Doing Self-Care All Wrong?

To understand how the term “self-care” has evolved, I dug into the history of the phrase. The term has origins in medical research, but its leap from academia to public awareness can be traced back to the Black Panther Party and Black feminist writers.

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Angelica Puzio
2021
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A Burst of Light and Other Essays

This path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer.

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Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez (foreword)
2017
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FindCenter Quotes ImageCaring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.

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Audre Lorde
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Self-Care