The Shift from living a life spent contorting yourself into shapes that accommodate the male gaze, to being in the happy position of being ignored by it. And you know what? You won’t care.

wasn’t a part of it. Today, the concept of beauty has become askew in a way that’s harmful to many girls and women. Most of my weight-loss clients hold themselves up to photos of supermodels in magazines, which have been Photoshopped for hours. Media also shapes what we believe is possible as far as overcoming our existing challenges. Movies

Women can consider themselves free, feminist, and liberated in so many ways—yet still be controlled by the notion of an ideal body of which their own continually falls short.