This story was written by Ananya De from INDIA. I have faced a variety of body shaming, sometimes subtle and sometimes direct. There were...

This story was written by Gaurav Ganti from INDIA. I was 13, when I first noticed the small clump of hair in my hand as I took a shower....

This story was written by Iliana Oikonomou from GREECE. While you grow up, you have a lot of people telling you what’s right and what’s...

This story was written by Courtney Lucey from the UK. As a woman in society today, it is almost impossible to accept our bodies and be...

This story was written by Isha Gupta from GERMANY. As everyone has noticed at some point, there are certain issues that people are...

This story was written by Nachizya from ZAMBIA. Nachizya Edith Namukanga is a third year student at the University of Zambia pursuing a...

This story was written by Immaculate Nakimera from UGANDA. I was raised by a single mother after having lost my dad at a very tender age....

This story was written by Amaka Ekezie from NIGERIA. My name is Amaka Ekezie and I live in the southern part of Nigeria. All my life I...

This story was written by Marion Mbiyu from KENYA. I feel like the older I have become, the more aware I have become of my shame. I find...

This story was written by William Dekker from KENYA. In a family of five siblings – two older and two younger – I resemble no one, dark...

This story was written by an anonymous contributor from BURKINA FASO. Seven years ago, when I was not yet 16 years old, I went to a...