How Living In France Helped Me Ditch Diet Culture

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Like many women, for years, I felt that the tedious thoughts of what others thought about my body were controlling my life. These thoughts were invasive and demanded to be heard. After quite a bit of persistence, eventually, I gave in and let those thoughts control the way I felt for some time. But where do these thoughts come from? We don’t feel this way as children, hyperfocused on our image and how we…