This is a Woman

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~Stuff I pinned on my TIAW and Wisdom boards.
~Is this Olympian too fat? (Answer: NO.)
~I can’t help but feel there must have been some other way to deal with the bullying than plastic surgery for a 14 year old. In my opinion, she was beautiful before the surgery. Also in my opinion? The kids bullying her are probably still assholes even after she had surgery.
~The Bloggess on choosing to be child-free.
~When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? <-- A fantastic article on the history of how we have dressed babies and young children compared to how we do now. ~Quotes from dads about how having daughters have changed them. <--These? Are real men. ~I used to believe I was too fat to show my arms, but then I realized how foolish I was to let some arbitrary rule keep me imprisoned in sleeves on hot days. This post talks a little about that. And then scroll down to Nadia from Australia’s comment because she gives a whole new perspective.
~The Huffington Post has a gallery of thighs up. Guess how normal you are? COMPLETELY NORMAL.
~A letter to her body. She happens to be a mother, but the thoughts very likely apply to nearly every woman in our culture.