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As a young woman, I am finally learning about the importance of caring for my body.  Small habits such as moisturizing my skin, washing my face and hair have become routines that I cherish. For a woman of the African diaspora (Caribbean, Africa, Americas and Europe), beauty is constantly politicized and often requires us to change everything we were born with. This is costly, and damages our self-perception.  I have spent considerable time remembering my experiences as a young woman. Being teased (albeit jokingly) by other women and men who looked like me for my lips, my figure and my...