“I wish she’d loved herself and all her flaws the way I love her.”

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"Mom, I know you just want me to find love and for the world to see me as my best self, but being super skinny and having perfect skin is not the only way to do that. You raised me a feminist and to love my body, so when you compliment me for losing weight after having a stomach virus or buy me more cover-up for Christmas I feel confused and sad. You're proud of my brain too, so let's focus on that."

—Ema O'Connor

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"When you compare our bodies because 'you know what it's like' it makes me feel like I have to have the same relationship with my body and food as you do, which is an unhealthy one. I wish you would, instead, be supportive of me trying to move towards a healthy one, without feeling like I'm abandoning you."

—Anonymous

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