“To all of you girls and women out there who struggle with doubts about your body, I ask you this: What do you imagine would be different for you if you were thinner, or your hips were smaller, or your arms more muscular, or your abs more defined, or your calves smaller? How do you imagine your life would change if you had another body—you know, the one you watch enviously at the gym every day or the one with which your best friend is blessed? Would you be more intelligent, or funnier; a better athlete, mother, lover, wife, or friend? Would you have played more sports or had more boyfriends or been more popular in your youth? What do you imagine would be different if you were just a little skinnier or a little tighter in those parts of yourself you so abhor?”