I Was Desperate To Not Look Like A Lopsided Cyclops.
2017-04-24
Striving For The Ideal Body Can Result In Permanent Damage. It did for this reporter. I was a teenager, and my body was going through some major maturation changes. I seemed to take longer than most of my friends. You know, when it came to getting my first period and developing a “chest.” In fact, I had been made fun of by boys about my flat chest. “If you blindfolded me, I wouldn’t know which was your chest or which was your back,” was a line I vividly remember hearing on the school bus. As if I wasn’t insecure enough as a middle-schooler. Then, IRead More →