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On Not Being a Victoria’s Secret Model

A Critical Analysis of My Struggle with Social Comparison and Objectification

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He held up the Victoria’s Secret catalog and said, “How come you never dress like that?” Really? I wanted to kick him in the face.

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Barry, L. (2017). On Not Being a Victoria’s Secret Model. In: Leavy, P. (eds) Privilege Through the Looking-Glass. Personal/Public Scholarship. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-140-7_16

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