You Don’t Get to Have an Opinion About My Body

I spent a decade gaining and losing the same 20 pounds

Vanessa Torre

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From the time I was 12, someone has had something to say about my body. When I was in 8th grade, I was 5'7" and 100 pounds soaking wet. Now, in 2018, this may seem like what every 8th grade girls aspires to. In 1986, I can assure you it was not.

Ruling the thigh gap…

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Vanessa Torre

Top 10 feminist writer. Writing, coaching, and relentlessly hyping women in midilfe. linktr.ee/Vanessaltorre Email: vanessa@vanessatorre.com