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Topic: Body Issues

Rebel Wilson, Melissa McCarthy, Gabourey Sidibe (AP/Evan Agostini/Richard Shotwell)

Back off, thinsplainers!

Harriet Brown, Sarai Walker

"I'm addicted to social media"

Daniel D'Addario
Still from an Axe commercial (Screenshot)

Jenny Kutner
(Wikimedia Commons)

Jenny Kutner
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My decade of man boobs

Zachary Valenti

Holly Welker - Religion Dispatches

Prachi Gupta
Michael Jeffries (AP/Mark Lennihan)

"Snobbish elitism" isn't cool

Kjerstin Gruys
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My lady mustache

Rachael Maddux
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All the weight I didn't lose

Rebecca Golden

TV's most naked truth

Daniel D'Addario
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My lucky thunder thighs

Antonia Crane
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Sexy dresses that barely fit

Lily Burana
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Measure of my manhood

Mychal Denzel Smith
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Hiding my freckles

Sarah Tomlinson
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Curse of my birthing hips

Laura Bogart
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My skinny arm complex

Thomas Rogers
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My shazam boobs

Anna March
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My big, strong, manly hands

Melissa Febos
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Men who made my legs

Emily Rapp
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Never show them your back

Sarah Hepola
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