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Chingona Fire Part 2: Self Love

Posted by strange on October 26, 2016
Chingona Fire Part 2: Self Love

Chingona Fire, a feminist poetry collective consisting of Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado, shares a self love poem on body positivity with The Strange is Beautiful and talks about their mind obstacles and what it means to be a “chingona.”

Posted in: Interviews, Interviews of Poets, Self Care | Tagged: angela aguirre, badass women, body positive, body positivity, chingona, chingona fire, cusi coyllur, express yourself, feminism, feminist, feminists, gal palace, inspiration, latina, latinas, nalgona, poetry, poets, self care, self help, self love, the strange is beautiful, yesika salgado

Self Help + Self Love with Chingona Fire: Part 1

Posted by strange on October 19, 2016
Self Help + Self Love with Chingona Fire: Part 1

Chingona Fire, a feminist poetry collective consisting of Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado, shares a self help poem on post-breakup advice with The Strange is Beautiful. They talk about how their poetry is helping other Latinas and how the poetry community acts as a support system. Subscribe to our Youtube channel to be notified of part 2 of “Self Help + Self Love with Chingona Fire” next Wednesday!

Posted in: Interviews, Interviews of Poets, Self Care | Tagged: angela aguirre, chingona fire, community, da poetry lounge, feminism, feminist, feminists, gal palace, latinas, poems, poetry, self care, self help, self love, shannen roberts, the strange is beautiful, yesika salgado

The Strange is Beautiful ~ will be at ~ SF Zine Fest 2016 !!

Posted by strange on August 24, 2016
The Strange is Beautiful ~ will be at ~ SF Zine Fest 2016 !!

Hi SF loves and zinester pals! The Strange is Beautiful will be at SF Zine Fest this year :) I’ll be in town Friday night until Tuesday 5 p.m. so if you want to kick it, email me at strangeisbeauty@gmail.com. Our table will look something like this:

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: pen pals, san francisco zine fest, self care, self help, self love, sf zine fest, shannen roberts, snail mail, the strange is beautiful, yoga classes, yoga for anxiety, yoga for depression, yoga for panic attacks, zines, zinester

A Logical List To Verify It’s Okay To End A Toxic Relationship With Someone Who Also Has Mind Obstacles

Posted by strange on August 1, 2016

Sometimes it’s hard having a friend or a loved one that also has mind obstacles. Not everyone’s mind obstacles are the same, and sometimes they can clash and cause a need for you both to give each other space or let go of each other entirely. In Fiona Apple’s words from her song “Werewolf,”

Posted in: Relationship Advice, Self Care | Tagged: anxiety, depression, dorian gomez, fiona apple, how to get out of a toxic relationship, logic, mental illness, mind obstacles, panic attacks, pinpoint the source, rationalize, relationship advice, self care, self help, the idler wheel, toxic relationship, werewolf

Guide and Yoga Videos Release! Are you ready???

Posted by strange on January 2, 2016
Guide and Yoga Videos Release! Are you ready???

Are you ready for the release of The Strange is Beautiful alternative self-help guide and yoga videos this spring 2016? I’m totally STOKED to present to you 46 pages of alternative self-help, interviews and more in our guide, plus four yoga classes on anxiety, two types of depression, and panic attacks.

Posted in: News & Events | Tagged: alternative self help, massage, mental illnesss, mental obstacles, mind obstacle, relationship advice, self care, self help, self love, the strange is beautiful, yoga for anxiety, yoga for depression, yoga for mind obstacles
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