I grew up in rural Canada with no TV and very few toys (all of them hand-me-downs). I really didn't encounter any of that weird body-image stuff as a child. I did feel uneasy about puberty (but who doesn't) and I was always self-conscious about my acne (but I think everyone with acne feels that way without any media machine ragging on you). I remember being pretty surprised at a lot of things when I started watching TV and such in my early twenties. THEN I got body image issues. But as a teenager? I gave absolutely no shits about how I looked. I only started caring once I left my hometown and became more exposed to pop culture.
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I grew up in rural Canada with no TV and very few toys (all of them hand-me-downs). I really didn't encounter any of that weird body-image stuff as a child. I did feel uneasy about puberty (but who doesn't) and I was always self-conscious about my acne (but I think everyone with acne feels that way without any media machine ragging on you). I remember being pretty surprised at a lot of things when I started watching TV and such in my early twenties. THEN I got body image issues. But as a teenager? I gave absolutely no shits about how I looked. I only started caring once I left my hometown and became more exposed to pop culture.