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“Nothing will change” chapter. I can’t believe Dolly thought it was a good idea to include that chapter. I’m weirded out by how selfish and jealous she is of her friend. A bit toxic imo

“I carried on because, at every turn,society was rewarding me for my self-inflicted torture.I received compliments,I received propositions,I felt more accepted by people I didn’t know…”
“I felt like I had finally earned the right to be taken seriously as a woman…”
“I had equated love with thinness and, to my horror, reinforcement of this belief was everywhere.”

Skinny privilege is a real thing😒

“It’s a mutual, fair, and successful system of turn-taking that we’ve long used, having always both been single—I sacrifice my night to help her pursue a boy, I bank this act of goodwill and can cash it in at any point to have her do the same for me. It’s shagging democracy. It’s swings and roundabouts.”

Shagging democracy 😂