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You Don’t Have To Explain Yourself

You Don’t Have To Explain Yourself

Dan Whalen Dan Whalen
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Freeing yourself from conventional expectations.

Curvy Is The New Skinny — Or Is It?

Curvy Is The New Skinny — Or Is It?

Anjali Chikkula Anjali Chikkula
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In a country where the average woman is a size 14 but a size 00 is coveted, it’s no wonder many teens struggle to accept their bodies.

This Is Why You Should Never Tell A Woman To Smile In Public

This Is Why You Should Never Tell A Woman To Smile In Public

Silvana Maria Amore Silvana Maria Amore
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Just like every other man around me, moving from place to place attending to their business, as a woman in a just society I expect the same respect. I expect that same ability to tend to my day to day errands without being told by a man in the street that I should put on a certain facial expression to please him.

12 Reasons It Must Be Good To Be A Man

12 Reasons It Must Be Good To Be A Man

Rachel Collins Rachel Collins
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When you smell, it’s considered rugged and assumed you have been doing sexy manly things.

How To Be A Woman

How To Be A Woman

Taylor Steele Taylor Steele
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5. Develop an interest in a male-dominated career. Then, do it better than him.

Not Every Girl Is A Princess And That’s Fine

Not Every Girl Is A Princess And That’s Fine

Sabina Trojanova Sabina Trojanova
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The sad truth is that even if we were to invest all of our time and resources into making ourselves look like somebody else, most of us would not succeed in complying with the ridiculously unattainable beauty standard created by the media.

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