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culture. Inequality and injustice rest firmly on our unwillingness to exalt the
vast magnificence of the human body.
Radical Reflection
“Celebrating difference“ is nice but not transformative. It is
constrained by the boundaries of our imaginations. We must strive to
create a difference-celebrating culture where we see diversity as an
intrinsic part of our everyday lives.
Unapologetic Inquiry #6
In what ways have you tried to make other people “the same” as you?
What parts of their identity did you erase by doing this?
Peace with Your Body
Lastly, you must make peace with your body. I have been talking all
kumbaya and collective in the first two Peaces, but this one is all on you,
love. Your body is the body it is. Your belief that your body should be some
other body other than the body it is, is likely a reflection of your struggles
with the first two Peaces. As I said at the beginning of the book, you did not
come to the planet hating your body. What if you accepted the fact that
much of how you view your body and your judgments of it are learned
things, messages you have deeply internalized that have created an
adversarial relationship? Hating your body is like finding a person you
despise and then choosing to spend the rest of your life with them while
loathing every moment of the partnership. I know that lots of humans stay
in loveless commitments. Not only am I proposing that you should not stay
in a loveless partnership; I am also proposing that your partner has been set
up. If your body were an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, it
would be getting framed for crimes it did not commit. Get out of that damn