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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.

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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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