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Hi, I’m Ashia, founder & Head Custodian of Infodumpery for Raising Luminaries.
I create free tool kits to help overworked caregivers ignite the next generation of leaders.
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Body Positivity - a movement to celebrate all bodies as beautiful and 'good.'
Body Acceptance - the belief that our rights and agency should not depend on what our body looks like, how it works, or whether society sees it as a 'good' body.
Supremacy culture raises us to believe that only people with specific types of bodies are entitled to human rights, healthcare, public access, safety, and respect.
What we are supposed to accept as a 'good' or 'normal' body is defined through popular media - books, advertisements, TV and commerce.
The Body Positivity movement is a push to include a few more types of bodies in the media under the definition of 'good.'
But should our rights depend on whether someone accepts our bodies? Or should all bodies be acceptable?
If we don't care about an issue, we won't take action. Kids have the right to choose curiosity-provoking resources that connect with our values and abilities.
Process with adults who are willing to be honest and challenge our assumptions.
Which stories and videos make you interested in learning more about this issue?
Which would you recommend to other kids? Add your own suggestions in the comments below.
Ask & answer these questions with an adult who you trust to be honest with you..
Has anyone ever compared your body to someone else's?
How did it make you feel?
How do you think it made the other person feel?
Who looks like you in the stories you watch and read?
Do the other characters see them as beautiful?
Why?
Do others make assumptions about you based on your looks?
Does your body make it easier for you to do specific things? Harder?
*How to talk about privilege with kids: Acknowledging our opportunities and resources (and what to do about it)
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Time to move from theory to reality. Use creative play to integrate what we've learned, take responsibility, and own what's within our control.
Affirming & celebrating our uniqueness inside & out with positive discussions and reflective artwork via Revolutionary Humans
Downloadable worksheet with conversation starters to help children when the urge to compare starts, via Plant Love Grow
Create your own fashion runway show by collecting images from the web of outfits and styles that both look good and feel good on your unique body.
Make or hack your wardrobe so that it fully celebrates the intersection of all of your identities, via Sky Cubacub of Rebirth Garments
RAISING LUMINARIES
Hi, I’m Ashia, founder & Head Custodian of Infodumpery for Raising Luminaries.
I create free tool kits to help overworked caregivers ignite the next generation of leaders.
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Get free monthly email notifications when I add new resources to our Family Action Toolkits
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Sponsor or Volunteer to contribute to this toolkit and keep it free for everybody.
Looking for book-finders: Apply here to read board books with your toddler and get a free LBT membership.
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Every month the Luminary Braintrust tackles a new member challenge to make talking about social justice easier in real life.
Learning and talking is great - but nothing will change until we take action. Whether it's time, money, or influence - we all have something we can share to change the world.
This is who we are. This is the power we hold. This is how we show up.
Share what worked for your family (and what didn't).
Add the resources you suggest in the comments below to help families like yours.
Gloria Lucas introduces the concept of body liberation and how to start dismantling restriction culture.
Join the Luminary Braintrust and get access to our Resource Library of scripts & templates - including how to respond when your kid says something cringe about a visible difference in public.
How Sky Cubacub uses fashion as a vehicle for disabled queers of all sizes to support the Radical Visibility movement.
I create free resources & tool kits to help overworked caregivers
ignite the next generation of kind & courageous leaders
free access to
focus your limited bandwidth and resources on time with your kids instead of searching for engaging resources.
Condensing months of outreach, research, resourcing & testing with kids into simple step-by-step toolkits you can complete in less than 30 minutes.
From $5 to $50, every membership & donation helps cover the costs & labor of providing these toolkits.
I’m an Autistic, multiracial (Chinese/Irish) 2nd-generation settler raising two children alongside my partner on the homelands of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people. My goal with Raising Luminaries is to collaborate with families and educators in raising the next generation of kind & courageous leaders, so we can all smash the kyriarchy together.
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RAISING LUMINARIES
Hi, I’m Ashia, founder & Head Custodian of Infodumpery for Raising Luminaries.
I create free tool kits to help overworked caregivers ignite the next generation of leaders.
ABOUT | MISSION | FINANCIALS | ACCOUNTABILITY
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
STAY IN TOUCH
Get free monthly email notifications when I add new resources to our Family Action Toolkits
HELP
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
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Posts may contain affiliate links and sponsorships, which allow me to earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
PARTNERS IN CAHOOTS
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CONTACT
Sponsor or Volunteer to contribute to this toolkit and keep it free for everybody.
Looking for book-finders: Apply here to read board books with your toddler and get a free LBT membership.
You’re welcome to share & boost this toolkit, with attribution to Raising Luminaries.
Raising Luminaries is anchored in the land of the Wampanoag & Massachusett People.
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