I stumbled across this while researching old feminist publications. I can’t really explain why I liked it so much.
I don’t agree with the author’s perspective, but it’s a point of view I’d never heard before, and she writes beautifully, with wit and humor and pain.
yeah, I don’t think I will pursue surgery - but I’m much more open to it now than I was before I read that essay, lol
the main reason I wouldn’t consider surgery right now is that I have preferable alternatives - counting calories works for me, and I am losing weight just by paying more attention