This Kenyan Woman Claps-Back at Body-Shamers with the Most Provocative Not Forgetting Epic Photo Shoot Ever. You Have To See This

In a world where women are encouraged to suffocate themselves with waistrainers , have a Kim Kardashian kind of body, bounce back from pregnancy weight in microseconds and have their faces ‘beat’ all the time, it’s refreshing to see a woman who keeps it a 100% real.

Taruri Gatere, a Kenyan woman bares her soul and a bit more in her blog ‘Flawnt It’ where she does a totally raw shoot; no makeup, no retouching and no fancy lighting.

The shoot is a clap-back to the society of body-shamers and also silence her inner critic. Its also as a way on encouraging people to love the skin they are in.

“…I had been giving my power away by allowing other people’s standards to become my own. I was underfeeding and overworking my body, slathering all kinds of chemicals on it just to fit into a mold that I hadn’t chosen for myself…” she writes in one post

While in another she says “I will wear a teeny bikini and show my jiggly bum and my cellulite. I will go without makeup and show off my acne scars. I will let out my belly when it’s bloated and I will love every inch of this body.”

In another posts she addresses her body by writing:

Dear Body,
First of all, I want you to know that I love you. And I am so sorry for the war I waged on you by constantly thinking and talking about what I would change about you. I apologize for reducing you to inches and kilos. I am sorry that I have very often ignored your needs and your wisdom. I release all that fucking nonsense now. I just drop it. That’s no way to relate to a physical wonder like you.
I now commit to a loving relationship with you. Forget what we’ve been told about what is acceptable and beautiful. You are beautiful to me. You are amazing, divine, glorious, sacred. How lucky am I to enjoy this physical expression of life with you?
I am beyond blessed to have you. And from this moment on, I promise to treat you with care and respect. Thank you.
Love,
Taruri.

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Photo Credits: Taruri Gatere