Peckerwood Manor

When will most of society realize women's agency over our bodies is not up for discussion? We don't need people commenting on our so-called flaws? We already know the parts of us that don't fit with the accepted aesthetic that gets twisted and pushed through Photoshop and mountains of fillers and plastic surgery. We get it. As little girls, the message is subtle, and we don't quite understand, but we get it loud and clear by the time we hit puberty. Some of us have fought through the onslaught of unattainable media images to reach a place of acceptance. I accepted that I was a minority and different even within that category. But if your body is plump, the message is worse, and it is learned in childhood. And it is like a bullhorn, and it is relentless from which there is no escape. Those girls got teased, rejected, put on diets as seven-year-olds, picked last for sporty games, and pushed aside. I am not denying that little boys don't have it hard; it is just for gi...