We interviewed Oludara Adeeyo, author of Self-Care for Black Women, about why self-nourishment is important for Black women right now.
n 1988, Black feminist poet Audre Lorde wrote, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Since she published these words in her essay collection, that sells us facemasks and bubble baths. However, for Black women past, present, and future—self care is a necessity, not a luxury. It’s a longstandingsaid practicing yoga in prison taught her about self care.
Adeeyo’s experience watching her mother’s health decline is far too common. When we look at the lines before Lorde’s most famous quote, she writes: “I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension. Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference.” than white women, self-care is a commitment to health in the face of a medical system that harms us.
This is why self care is our legacy, and it’s part of how we preserve ourselves. Sometimes we calm our nervous systems with a warm bubble bath or a pedicure, but as Adeeyo shares below, sometimes self care demands you change your life. Adeeyo’s hope, however, as you readBelow, we talked to the LA-based author and psychiatric social worker about how her self care journey unfolded, why Black women need radical self care now, and a few of her favorite ways to nourish herself..
Once I entered my master’s program in social work, I started taking self care seriously. When dealing with other people’s issues, you need to make sure you’re okay.Lauren Smith-Fields situation?’ The time has come, especially for this new generation, to realize that us taking care of ourselves is also social justice. We want to fight all the fights, but living is also fighting the system. Enough is enough.
We don’t need to be our mothers, our grandmothers, and our aunties, where we are basically neglecting our wellness for the sake of everyone around us, only to end up dying quicker than everyone else. We’re exposed to so much social media trauma porn and pandemic trauma. It is time for us to practice self-care because we’re feeling all of this on top of the regular trauma we deal with as Black women.
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