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May 2014
**** EVERY PERSON WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED TO LOSE WEIGHT, **** EVERY PERSON WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED TO GAIN WEIGHT, **** THAT KID IN THE 9TH GRADE WHO TOLD ME THAT MAYBE HE'D **** ME IF I WAS 20 POUNDS THINNER, **** THE PSYCHOLOGIST WHO TOLD ME TO "STAY SKINNY" SO "ALL THE BOYS WILL LIKE ME", ******* FOR TELLING ME YOU COULDN'T FILL UP THE GAP IN BETWEEN MY THIGHS, ******* FOR TELLING ME I NEEDED MORE HERE AND LESS THERE, **** THEM FOR TELLING ME TO ORDER SALAD INSTEAD, I LIKE THE TWO BIRTHMARKS ON MY STOMACH, I LIKE THE SCARS ON MY THIGHS THAT DON'T TOUCH, I LIKE THE SPACES BETWEEN MY FINGERS, **** EVERYONE WHO CONVINCED ME MY HAPPINESS DEPENDED ON WHAT THEIR HANDS FELT LIKE ON MY WAIST OR SOME STUPID NUMBERS ON A SCALE
Written by
Natalie Betancourt
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