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History of Feminism

MadrasT

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1. While I appreciate what she is trying to do...

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Thu May 22, 2014, 08:16 PM

May 2014

...and it's good to not *hate* your body, I don't understand why it's important to love it.

I don't have an opinion one way or another about mine. It's a vessel that I live in. I don't love it or hate it or have any particular feeling about it.

It just "is".

But I will agree that seeking to love it is better than actively hating it, if you have to have a feeling about it.

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Loving Your Body: Taryn Brumfitt and The Body Image Movement [View all] BainsBane May 2014 OP

While I appreciate what she is trying to do... MadrasT May 2014 #1

That's more or less where I am BainsBane May 2014 #2

One good thing about being a nurse ismnotwasm May 2014 #3

Did you watch the video BainsBane May 2014 #4

I did and I loved it ismnotwasm May 2014 #5