Social media has always been rife with self-care tactics that promote an ideal of luxury — “treating yourself” to a fresh set of nails or splurging on a haul of the season’s hottest trends. But self-care isn’t just an item you check off in your bullet journal to get you one step closer to being “that girl.” The origins of self-care find their roots in activism — particularly in work done by the Black Panthers throughout the Civil Rights Movement.
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