A powerful woman owns her sexuality, confidence, embraces her body and radiates from her soul. Alex Nicole Horta is that woman to thousands of women battling Vitiligo. She is unapologetically herself. She proves that Vitiligo can’t stop us and that beauty is how we see ourselves. Sadly not everyone in the private vitiligo forums believes her acts of feminism and empowerment are proper. Like any place these forums are full of people with deep religious beliefs, views on how a woman should act, ect. Deep misogynists tones riddle facebook posts that slut shame this young beautiful woman for her choice to upload photos onto Tumblr and sometimes facebook. Our fellow supporters will post her photos as praise in groups to remind us that we are beautiful and still sexual creatures and that this disease does not define us. I feel that as a woman with vitiligo I love seeing other women embracing themselves. We should not be tearing each other down as women and even further as women with vitiligo. Alex is a driving force in changing the common ideals of beauty. Young girls need to grow up knowing to not feel ashamed of their bodies because their skin is different. More women with Vitiligo need to stand up, strip down and say this is my body, this is my skin, and in it I WIN!
yes yes please email me Tara.belmont@purchase.edu