I’d Rather See Naked Black Women Than Naked White Women Any Day

And it’s not for the reason you think

Photo by Thiago Rebouças on Unsplash

As a young Black girl, I was curious to see more bodies that looked like mine. I’d search through magazines like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Marie-Claire, looking for representation. My heart would sink when I got to the last page and found not a single Black woman. I felt as though I didn’t matter to society, I…