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Why can’t stretch marks just be stretch marks?

On body “branding” and misinformation.

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Mikala Jamison
Dec 21, 2021
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There’s a TikTok video of a young guy addressing his contemporaries about why they need to “grow up” about things they could encounter with women in their lives. Grow up about period blood, he demands of the fellas. Grow up about body hair, he proclaims–these things are normal! 

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