The Body at Ease: Remembering That Everything Doesn’t Have to Be a Fight

A few years ago, a friend and I were talking about how, as people who live in Black bodies, we often struggle to accept that not everything has to be a fight. So much of what it has historically meant to be Black and female—both across generations and across the globe—has been to fight. Fight for our freedom. Fight to be seen, fight to be heard, fight to achieve, fight to be worthy, and fight to be equal.