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Body change Quote by Roxane Gay

“I did not know if I would ever find my way past that shame and toward a place where I could face my body, accept my body, change my body.” quote by Roxane Gay — Download Open image

““I did not know if I would ever find my way past that shame and toward a place where I could face my body, accept my body, change my body.””

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