#CelebrateYourBody: Honoring the Beauty of all Bodies
I barely know where to begin highlighting the beautifully uplifting experience that was this year’s #CelebrateYourBody Fashion Show Event held at SOMArts in San Francisco and hosted by Kearny Street Workshop, in partnership with ACMIST. To say that I am
The Body Is Not An Apology
The living embodiment of radical self love, Oakland based award winning poet, activist and transformational leader Sonya Renee Taylor recently launched The Body Is Not An Apology (TBINAA), an online platform dedicated to creating a more equitable, compassionate world one person at
Thousands Gather Downtown For Millions March
Protestors heading down 14th Street towards Alameda Courthouse. Monica Cadena, Wear Your Voice Mag Thousands gathered in various cities across the U.S to protest grand juries decision in separate cases not to indict police officers in the killings of unarmed black
Fatty Winter Wonderland: A Fat-Positive Clothing Swap
This last Saturday in downtown Oakland, the plus-size clothing swap and fashion bazaar Fatty Winter Wonderland went off without a hitch. The brainchild of local fat activist Virgie Tovar and Halmoni owner Natasha Harden, the event was buzzing with a positive
Berkeley Protests: At The Front Lines
As a student studying Film and Interdisciplinary Field Studies at Cal, inspiring social change through video is my calling. I decided I needed to action this desire and I joined the throngs of people out in Berkeley protesting - I give