OPINION: Loving yourself is the best way to fight capitalism

By loving yourself without falling prey to giving money to the beauty industry, you can fight capitalism and feel good about who you are.

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Reflexive: How I had to fall apart to start taking care of myself

Relationships columnist Micaela Macagnone PO ’20 writes about her semester abroad in Madrid and sobering return home after her father’s passing. She reflects on how she found self care amidst grief: “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day we moved — lying on my bedroom floor, with the sun shining through the windows onto the furniture-less wood floor, sobbing while trying my absolute hardest to remember the look of the ceiling, walls and floors.”

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Opinion: Beneath the Face Mask, Self-Care has Public, Political Power

A bubble bath, a vanilla-lavender candle, and a face mask. Or perhaps a yoga class followed by a trip to the nearest Starbucks (what is pumpkin-spice but the purest form of nourishment to the soul?) Ah, yes. Self-care. Notably, self-care dates back to roots more deeply connected to the worlds

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