How I Learned to Love My Body Instead of Hating Her (Tiny Buddha Feature)
“Your body does not need to be fixed, because your body is not a problem. Your body is a person.”
~Jamie Lee Finch
“I was thirty years old when I realized that I was completely dissociated from my body.
I grew up in the height of the purity culture movement in American Evangelicalism. Purity culture was based on one primary concept: abstain from sex until marriage. But the messaging went further than this.
I sat next to my peers in youth group while the male pastor stood on stage and told us young women to always cover our bodies. For example, two-piece bathing suits were completely out of the question for summer activities. Why?”
