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by jMyles 267 days ago
> Young girls are killing themselves every day over something you're saying "who cares" about

...I think this advances the point GP makes. We have allowed obsession over body image to take on religious proportions (falling off both ends of the spectrum, toward tiktok swimsuit edition on one end, and the burka on the other).

Part of this obsession is the claim of ownership of every photon that bounces off one's skin until it is eventually captured by someone else's eye (biological or electronic).

A healthy internet age is one in which we find comfort in our bodies, fitness in our habits, and security without needing to control every depiction of us.