Embrace, Just Embrace
By: by Fatima Boyer
Contributors: Gipson, Liz, teacher
Publisher: [TORCH, National Institute for Reproductive Health]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
Subjects: Body image in girls; Teenage girls; African American high school students
Description: High schooler Fatima collages images from magazines of supposed bodily "flaws" including stretch marks, cellulite, and acne scars. She urges readers to embrace these parts of their bodies and love themselves. She also writes about finding natural black hair beautiful and encourages other women to do the same. The zine is a master copy, with original pasted images and colored pen writing.
Notes: Gift of TORCH Peer Leaders workshop, taught by Barnard alumna Liz Gipson '13, donated in 2014.

This zine is a product of a zine workshop led by zine library assistant Juliana Strawn '14.

Cover title.