We Don’t Need To Bitch About Our Bodies To Bond, OK?
We are all at different stops on this long, tiresome journey towards self-acceptance. And this conversation requires a huge dollop of nuance that acknowledges how conventional beauty standards impact people differently, depending on how close or far you are from the so-called ideal.
I was raised to believe that speaking badly about myself was “giving power to the devil” — and yet the longer I spend in this country, the more the devil wins.