This is a meme I created and I feel it totally identifies the protagonist in the short story “Eight Bites” by Carmen Maria Machado, as she is an insecure woman who undergoes bariatric surgery since her three sisters had also gone through this procedure to obtain societal approval.  She follows stereotypes about body image and self-hatred for her body but even though the surgery was able to change her look, what she really needed to change was her mindset.

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