"Some days don't change your life all at once; they gently change the way you see it." Every once in a while, an ordinary day quietly becomes unforgettable, not because something extraordinary happens, but because it leaves people seeing the world a little differently than before. On July 13, 2026, the JIA Foundation, in collaboration with the Women in Support and Education (WISE) Feminist Club, hosted the Self-Love Workshop in Montréal (WISE Feminist Club, 2026). The event b

Growing up in a small town with extremely hot summers, I loved wearing skirts as a kid. They were pretty, airy, and convenient. However, I stopped wearing them as soon as puberty hit. Suddenly, I had a new concern: the prospering hair on my legs. At first, I didn’t understand what was “wrong” with my body hair. I have always been proud of the thick hair on my head and my eyebrows. People actually compliment me on them constantly! But when I wore a skirt and displayed the natu

The moment self-love comes up, you might feel a strong resistance towards it, right? This does not happen because it is bad or negative, but because a negative connotation got attached to it over time, and we have forgotten the blurry boundaries between what self-love is and being narcissistic. Let’s try to uncover some misunderstandings around it- We are aware of the brief history of this word's origin (associated with Narcissus from Greek mythology; Ellis, 1898; Pulver, 197