038 - Say No to Toxic Asian Body Image and Diet Culture
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Are You Too Chubby to Dance?
As a kid, I was not skinny. But I also felt that passion of dancing. So I enrolled myself in a dance class. And after doing that maybe for half a year, we were rehearsing for a certain dance performance. And there was just this want dance move and then the teacher just came over saying: are you too chubby to do this? And I was so hurt. That stuck with me for many, many, many years. Shortly after I quit dancing, because I thought that I was too chubbier than others. Then that eventually influenced my decision of doing volleyball instead. It's such a such a wonderful anecdote to bring up.
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