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06-01-2017, 11:01 PM
Brave women destroy body-shaming comments with powerful hashtag #TheySaid
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What did "they" say to make you hate your body?*
Many women unfortunately have an answer to this question, recalling the weight-focused comments that convinced them their bodies were less-than or undesirable.*
But **w, these same women are working to reclaim their bodies from all that stigma and shame — and they're using a simple hashtag to do it. *
SEE ALSO: Plus-size women are using exercise as activism, and it's glorious (http://mashable.com/2015/08/29/plus-size-women-exercise/)
On Twitter, #TheySaid (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheySaid?src=hash) is giving women a platform to share the cruel comments they've heard in their lifetimes, populating the powerful hashtag with words friends, family, partners, and peers have used to tell them their bodies aren't good e**ugh. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/theysaid-shereplied-twitter-body-shaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Women (http://mashable.com/category/women/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Good (http://mashable.com/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Body Positivity (http://mashable.com/category/body-positivity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Body Shaming (http://mashable.com/category/body-shaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Fat Shaming (http://mashable.com/category/fat-shaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/3sGY1CFooFU
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What did "they" say to make you hate your body?*
Many women unfortunately have an answer to this question, recalling the weight-focused comments that convinced them their bodies were less-than or undesirable.*
But **w, these same women are working to reclaim their bodies from all that stigma and shame — and they're using a simple hashtag to do it. *
SEE ALSO: Plus-size women are using exercise as activism, and it's glorious (http://mashable.com/2015/08/29/plus-size-women-exercise/)
On Twitter, #TheySaid (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheySaid?src=hash) is giving women a platform to share the cruel comments they've heard in their lifetimes, populating the powerful hashtag with words friends, family, partners, and peers have used to tell them their bodies aren't good e**ugh. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/theysaid-shereplied-twitter-body-shaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Women (http://mashable.com/category/women/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Good (http://mashable.com/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Body Positivity (http://mashable.com/category/body-positivity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Body Shaming (http://mashable.com/category/body-shaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Fat Shaming (http://mashable.com/category/fat-shaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/3sGY1CFooFU