Womanifesto

“AS A WOMAN, BEING ATTRACTIVE IS NOT THE RENT WE PAY FOR OUR SPACE IN THIS WORLD. 
​​​​​​​WE DO NOT OWE OUR BODIES, OUR COMFORT, OUR SELVES TO ANYBODY, NOT ONE SINGLE BEING.

WE DO NOT OWE THE WORLD A SMILE,
WE DO NOT OWE THE WORLD OUR VIRGINITY NOR OUR SEXUAL SELECTIVITY, WE DO NOT OWE THE WORLD SMOOTH HAIRLESS LEGS, A WELL GROOMED BIKINI AREA, POLISHED TOES, SHINY NAILS, RED LIPS, BONE STRAIGHT HAIR, CURLED LASHES, A SOFT VOICE,
A FULL ASS, A SMALL WAIST, A MILD MANNER, GOODNESS, EASE NOR BREEZE, A SHOULDER TO CRY ON, A WARM EMBRACE, NONE OF IT.

WE DID NOT SOLICIT INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO BE A WOMAN.
I DO NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW; I AM.
 SO, IF AT ANY TIME THE THINGS WE’VE BEEN GIVEN BECOME UNWANTED?
GIVE THAT SHIT BACK.

-DR. JESSICA JAMESE, PHD, M.ED., VFL, ATL, MVP”