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The Author's Thesis Of My Body Is My Own Business

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I think the author’s thesis of “My Body is My Own Business” is: Don’t let society tell you who you are and what you have to do. Do what you want. I agree with this thesis because it is something that I personally believe in and feel is very important especially growing up in society today where one thing is correct and all else is wrong and weird. I can personally relate to this. I like to wear black and listen to rock and roll music. I can’t count how many times I have been called goth and emo. It affected the way I dressed for a while, but like the author I no longer care what people think of me. I am amazed at how strong the author is for dealing with all of the comments she gets and still not caring about what anyone thinks of her. I would
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