 it takes to adorn my body, which is a sacred vessel. I'm going to honor this vessel that has been unloved, that has been devalued, that they want to harm. And it makes me think of Baby Shugs, a character in Toni Morrison's Beloved, this section called The Clearing, where Baby Shugs is like, they're never going to love your body, so you need to love it. She brings all of these people in the community into this clearing, and she has them touch up on their neck