“No, my stomach is not flat. And no, this does not automatically mean I am with child.”
In one of these instances, I had a book in my arms. The person could’ve easily chosen to ask me what I was reading. Instead, they made assumptions about my body. Because our society normalizes commenting on bodies, strangers often feel entitled to ask invasive queand day out.
Babies enter the world without harsh inner critics or body shame. But it doesn’t take long for the outside world t