Philippine Daily Inquirer
The first sermon many girls receive is delivered in front of a mirror
It is there that they learn the body can testify against them. Every blemish and curve becomes something to monitor or conceal. Beauty is worshipped like dogma, and the congregation eats its own. She demands devotion in the form of calorie…
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