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Kate Knibbs - The Daily Dot
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-321556p1.html'>Adam Gregor</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Who are you calling short?

Anya Hoffman
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-189085p1.html'>Benko Zsolt</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Plastic surgery after the baby

Pearl Murphy

Pictures of people who mock me

Haley Morris-Cafiero
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Her obsession with weight

Molly Langmuir
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-730588p1.html'>AISPIX</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

All the weight I didn't lose

Rebecca Golden
A photo of the author.

My year without makeup

Phoebe Baker Hyde

Sexy dresses that barely fit

Lily Burana
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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-859897p1.html'>Irina Pestova</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Hiding my freckles

Sarah Tomlinson
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-730744p1.html'>isak55</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My big, strong, manly hands

Melissa Febos
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