El Cuerpo The Body -

Her body didn’t need her praise. It didn’t need perfection. But it did need something small: acknowledgment.

Not really. She’d yelled at it in front of mirrors. Bargained with it before parties. Ignored its hunger, its fatigue, its quiet signals. el cuerpo the body

"Why won’t you cooperate?"

"You’ve been working for me this whole time," she said softly. "And I’ve been fighting you." Her body didn’t need her praise