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Ask Code Switch: What Does Race Have To Do With Beauty?

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How Do You Show Your Body?

These women are talking about the pressure they feel to not only be thin, but curvy at the same time. Flor says the pe slim thick or skinny curvy feels impossible to achieve naturally. Anhelica crispin said she likes wearing baggy clothes and sneakers, but feels constant pressure to wear tight, revealing outfits. A friend whom i mentioned this story to told me that whenever she goes to visit her nina, her godmother the very first thing she hears when she walks in the door is almost always a version of this question.

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