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Caroline Bobby's avatar

really, quietly beautiful - a deep and enquiring love-letter to embodied truth - a gift to read such crafted words, especially in the reality of such an unforgiving and reductive hall of mirrors we live in. The so much noise about how not okay we are, what constitutes success, and how normalised is the agism/sexism that just disappears us - this essay is both poetry and a protest song. Thank you, Michelle 🙏

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Ann Richardson's avatar

How lovely to read about someone who loves her own body. I always liked mine from forever – and I am now 83 and I still do. Yes, I have gained some weight and it isn't beautiful weight, but I'm not bad for my age and my husband still thinks I'm beautiful so who am I to argue? I don't understand why so many women think there is something wrong with theirs - boobs too big/too small, backside ugly. I just never went through that. And our bodies can do some lovely things for us. Thank you for the post.

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