Dont tell thin women to eat a cheeseburger. Dont tell fat women to put down the fork. Dont tell underweight men to bulk up. Dont tell women with facial hair to wax, dont tell uncircumcised men theyre gross, dont tell muscular women to go easy on the dead-lift, dont tell dark-skinned women to bleach their vagina, dont tell black women to relax their hair, dont tell flat-chested women to get breast implants, dont tell apple-shaped women whats flattering, dont tell mothers to hide their stretch marks, and dont tell people whose toes you dont approve of not to wear flip-flops. And so on, etc, etc, in every iteration until the mountains crumble to the sea. Basically, just go ahead and CEASE telling other human beings what they should and shouldn't do with their bodies unless a) you are their doctor, or b) SOMEBODY GODDAMN ASKED YOU.
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Lindy West was American writer. Lindy West is an American writer, comedian, and activist. She is the author of the essay collections Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman and The Witches Are Coming and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. Read more on Wikipedia →
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