Losing 40 lbs Made Me Feel Like A Terrible Feminist

I didn’t expect to feel so conflicted when a last-ditch diet for a skin condition brought me below my college goal weight.

Brianne Benness
Nov 3 · 8 min read

This post was originally published on xoJane in 2015. Since that publication is now defunct, I wanted to share it here.

This photo was taken during the first few weeks of the diet, and the rash on my chest is still visible.

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Brianne Benness

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Host of No End In Sight, a podcast about life with chronic illness. Co-founder (& former co-producer) of Stories We Don’t Tell in Toronto. She/Her.

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