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Today in class, we got to focus more on women because the boys were not in class with us. We read a poem by Lucille Clifton called “homage to my hips.” I like to think of the poem as a love poem to herself. Lucille says she writes many poems about her body parts because she loves them. She is very confident in who she is, she loves herself. Most of the time, that is very difficult to do in modern society. In the world today, people tell us what the ideal pretty, perfect woman looks like. People worry too much about those things when they should love themselves with all their flaws and imperfections.
The poem talked about her hips being big and occupying space. They don’t fit in petty places. Also, her hips cant be “enslaved” and “they go where they want to go they do what they want to do.” When we discussed this, we realized that her hips represented herself. She is of importance and she occupies important “space.” Clifton can not be enslaved or held back by society, media, or men. She is a strong woman as for the rest of us women in the world. We have also been studying humanity for a while. We learned that there is something very special about human beings: they have the capability to love and to be kind. I realized that before we can actually experience how much we can love another person, we need to love ourselves and accept that we have flaws and that that is normal. We are all unique. We are all special. We are all beautiful.
What I learned most from this week is that there is so much pressure on us right now especially for girls. We have a million things we are worried about and need to think about. We overthink and are insecure over our flaws when we should be embracing them. Nobody is perfect and we need to accept that we are not. I need to accept I am not perfect. I need to accept that I do not look like the “ideal perfect, pretty girl.” I am just fine with the way I look, the way I am. I am perfectly imperfect just like everyone else in the world. I have to admit, it is very hard for me to accept all my imperfections, my flaws, my insecurities. But once I love myself and who I am, I know my capability to love someone else will exceed my knowledge and understanding. Lucille Clifton is an inspiration to women all over the world who feel as if they are not pretty and do not reach society’s standards for “a pretty woman.” Although it will be hard, we need to try to be more like her because she loves herself inside and out, as should we.
I am not perfect, and that’s ok.
The poem talked about her hips being big and occupying space. They don’t fit in petty places. Also, her hips cant be “enslaved” and “they go where they want to go they do what they want to do.” When we discussed this, we realized that her hips represented herself. She is of importance and she occupies important “space.” Clifton can not be enslaved or held back by society, media, or men. She is a strong woman as for the rest of us women in the world. We have also been studying humanity for a while. We learned that there is something very special about human beings: they have the capability to love and to be kind. I realized that before we can actually experience how much we can love another person, we need to love ourselves and accept that we have flaws and that that is normal. We are all unique. We are all special. We are all beautiful.
What I learned most from this week is that there is so much pressure on us right now especially for girls. We have a million things we are worried about and need to think about. We overthink and are insecure over our flaws when we should be embracing them. Nobody is perfect and we need to accept that we are not. I need to accept I am not perfect. I need to accept that I do not look like the “ideal perfect, pretty girl.” I am just fine with the way I look, the way I am. I am perfectly imperfect just like everyone else in the world. I have to admit, it is very hard for me to accept all my imperfections, my flaws, my insecurities. But once I love myself and who I am, I know my capability to love someone else will exceed my knowledge and understanding. Lucille Clifton is an inspiration to women all over the world who feel as if they are not pretty and do not reach society’s standards for “a pretty woman.” Although it will be hard, we need to try to be more like her because she loves herself inside and out, as should we.
I am not perfect, and that’s ok.