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Some people hate what I wear, some people praise it.

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Some people use it to shame others, some people use it to shame me, she explained.

But I feel you watching, always.

And nothing I do goes unseen.

Would you like me to be smaller?

Would you like me to be quiet?

Do my shoulders provoke you?

Am I my stomach?

The body I was born with, is it not what you wanted?

If I wear more, if I wear less, who decides what that makes me?

Is my value based only on your perception?

Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?