At a 9th grade picnic, a borrowed purple bathing suit shifted everything.
Suddenly there was attention from boys who had never noticed her before.
But instead of empowerment, she felt confused and uneasy.
That moment sparked a complicated, love-hate relationship with her body — one that took years to understand.
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