Facebook Screenshot of a post by Desiree Kane, text reads
You love Native women until she demands your respect
You love Native women until she respects her self worth and dignity more than she respects your emotions
You love Native women until she’s pissed off
You love Native women until she calls for accountability
You love Native women until she won’t let you dictate how she spends her time
You love Native women until she won’t give you all the access you want to her
You love Native women until she leads in a place others say she shouldn’t because others like her never have before
You love Native women until she’s two-spirited
You love Native women until she’s Afro-Indigenous
You love Native women until she tells you you’re wrong and she’s right about that
You love Native women until she won’t let you dictate the terms of her treatment
You love Native women until she won’t let you dictate the terms of how her People will be treated
You love Native women until she outshines you
You love Native women until she won’t bow to you
You love Native women until she defines her own time
You love Native women until she prioritizes her emotional well-being
You love Native women until she won’t let you disrespect her
You love Native women until she asserts that you don’t dictate her actions
You love Native women until she’s unapologetically ndn
You love Native women until she won’t allow you to speak over or for her
You love Native women until she questions your limited judgement that is ignorant to her experience
You love Native women until you realize she’s smarter than you
You love Native women until she says no
You love Native women until she says no more
Man, when I was like 16 I got so sick of being made fun of for being the fat kid that I took an axe down inna woods, chopped down a tree, and started doing log-lifts all the time. I got strong as fuck, but I didn’t lose no weight. I actually got bigger.
Same thing happened when I got into fighting. I got even stronger, and I got *fast*, man, and nimble, like a cat. Still chubby.
Body-building culture is a bunch of crap, my dude. Functional muscle is not necessarily toned or lean. You can be swole as hell and still be heavy. And that’s cool.
Embrace your inner barbarian. And when fatphobic little gym twinks try to body shame you, you should DESTROY THEM with your MIGHTY AXE