A lot of talk around body image is just about awareness, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, and awareness and unlearning are very different steps
There are two wolves inside me. One is a feminist. The other wants to be thin and beautiful. I am so tired of being caught between them.
When I’m eating healthily, I feel good about my body; I can wear the clothes I love, I feel confident and attractive. But I dream of burgers and pizza, of baking cupcakes, whole milk and soft white bread fresh and warm from the oven, slathered in melting butter. And I feel guilty for being so pathetic as to deprive myself of these joys in the name of looking acceptable to a shallow, misogynist society.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/27/there-are-two-wolves-inside-me-one-is-a-feminist-the-other-wants-to-be-thin-and-beautiful
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