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title: I learned to accept myself
date: 2011-02-03T04:49:01-05:00
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By Our Bodies Ourselves • February 3, 2011

Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above.

Submitted by: Tamara Safford  
  
[![](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/57-and-68-are-at-speakeasy-208x300.jpg "57 and 68 are at speakeasy")](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/57-and-68-are-at-speakeasy.jpg)I was never a star in being a feminist, although it is my lifestyle. I read many feminist books in the 1970s, and followed the trend by living in a commune of women only in New Haven.  
  
The book, "Our Bodies, Ourselves*,"* impacted my life as a book that overcomes fear to admit you are a woman alone, with many morale and ethical family values that confine us and can impair health rights.  
  
It is a book that gave me an approach to health rights and how to feel well and accept myself.  
  
*In this series, readers [tell their stories](/history/reading-our-bodies-ourselves/ "Reading Our Bodies, Ourselves") about their experiences with the book and its impact on their lives. [View more stories](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/readers-stories/).*

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