Clare’s story makes me want to rage, but the fact that we’ve got 17-year-old young women like her gives me hope for the future.
(It’s getting a lot of traffic, as well it should, so it’s pretty slow to load at the moment.)
I'm Michelle. This is my blog. I write about women and fatness, expound upon semi-coherent thoughts I have in the middle of the night, and offer tough love to those in whom I am disappointed; they are legion. I live in Italy, AKA the New Jersey of Europe.
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I can’t open it but re blogged to my scrapbook for another day when the blogs less busy x
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I find it difficult to believe there are still people like that who put young folks on trial.
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And the fingertip rule is the most stupid rule ever. I’m a teacher and I have always been blessed with classrooms of tall monkey armed girls, amazing swimmers by the way. I refused to use this rule against my students. For heaven’s sake…if these girls followed the rule, their shorts would be at their knees.
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