#SariNotSorry
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Hey guys, Nina here. This is me, dressed as a super-cool ~American girl~. But I'm not just American. I'm Sri Lankan-American, and there's a whole other layer to my identity that I don't often get to express.
Every time I wear a sari, I feel incredible. They make my body look great, I feel very ~fancy~, and best of all, they make me feel super connected to my culture in a way I don't experience on a day-to-day basis. So I decided to wear saris for a week!
Saris aren't typically casual wear. In my experience, they're usually reserved for special occasions, so this might be a bit similar to wearing a ball gown or prom dress for a week. Wearing saris for a week also meant that I would be putting my brownness on display for a week. It's really hard to feel comfortable in my brown skin sometimes. I spent a lot of my youth trying to fit in and assimilate with white American culture. So I was a little nervous as to how I'd be received by everyone around me.
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