Photo Credit: Shuttershock I started hating myself for my own skin color; I was looking for something which I could never get: fair skin....

This story was written by Ashley Dye from the USA. If I had a dollar for the innumerable times I have been called or referred to as ‘he’,...

This story was written by Flavia Bueno from BRAZIL. I am Flavia Regina Bueno, a 27 year old Brazilian Ph.D. Student, and I am here to...

This story was written by Hannah Ribbens from the USA. I have always wanted to be in the military. It has interested me for years, and I...

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 Nurul Nadhira from MALAYSIA. Back when I was younger, I used to have trouble wearing hijab. I was quite young...

This story was written by Shucheesmita Simonti from BANGLADESH. I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2011, I got ICCR scholarship to pursue...

This story was written by Ly Phuong from VIETNAM. I am Phuong and I come from Vietnam. I have dark skin and I am growing up in a society...

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 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 Adedamola Taofeekat from NIGERIA. My name is Odofin Adedamola Taofeekat and I am a 21 year old from Nigeria....

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...