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And the expectations faced by
women who have given birth are
particularly harsh. “Shaming
mothers for not ‘bouncing back’
after childbirth can cause feelings
of failure when being a mother is
challenging enough and when a big
number of us have already lived a
life of feeling un-beautiful prior to
giving birth,” she says.
For a glimpse into the experience on the other side of Beall’s
camera, yoga therapist Michelle
Marks wrote about her journey
from terror to exhilaration on Off-
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We are facing an epidemic
of women who feel unworthy
of being called beautiful.”
beat Home. Marks says the final
product made her cry:
“I had exposed myself to Jade
— not just my flesh, and typically
hidden parts, but the angles, and
lines and aspects of me that came
with being a mother. The exposure
called to light remembrances of
how my body changed shape over
two different pregnancies, and two
births, and the stories that my
body has stored from the act of