body electric theology

Liberation from Body Shame

Mar 6, 2022

Aging and Staging, Love and Justice, Sermon, Spirituality, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, Wellness

8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism, body electric theology, Body shame, bullying, fat shaming, Isabel Wilkerson, liberation, Lucille Clifton, Patriarchy, queer bodies, racism, sexism, Toni Morrison

In her poem “homage to my hips,” Lucille Clifton says: these hips are big hips they need space to move around in. they don’t fit into little petty places. these hips are free hips. they don’t like to be held back. these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they…