“In the spirit of intl women’s day” by rupi kaur

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“In the spirit of intl women’s day” by rupi kaur. (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

“i want to apologize to all the women
i have called pretty.
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave.
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is the most you have to be proud of
when your spirit has crushed mountains
from now on i will say things like, you are resilient
or, you are extraordinary.
not because i don’t think you’re pretty.
but because you are so much more than that”

In the spirit of intl women’s day” by rupi kaur, milk and honey. (@rupikaur_)

International Women’s Day is March 8.

“to fathers with daughters” by rupi kaur

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“to fathers with daughters” by rupi kaur (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

“every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you.”

-“to fathers with daughters” by rupi kaur, milk and honey. (@rupikaur_)

rupi kaur was recently featured on Huffington Post: Women in the article “Rupi Kaur: The Poet Every Woman Needs to Read.”