Little Bear Schwarz

If we were to cut off all of our favorite forms of media because they contained problematic elements, we would live in a very silent and still world.

If the world told me that I would never land a career, a love life, or happiness as a woman, with a face & body covered in hair, is it not empowering (and to a degree, feminist) for me to flip them the bird, grow it anyway, and prove them wrong?

At its core, body-autonomy—and feminism itself—is about giving women the benefit of the doubt that they can make up their own minds.