MIND & BODY
THE WARPED PERSPECTIVE OF BODY DYSMORPHIA story by Anastasia Rothlisberger and Maria Mann photos by Gracen Bayer design by Ileana Rea Martinez
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itting in class, your mind drifts away from the topic at hand. Your peers lean forward to take in the lecture, but you lean back in your chair, your eyes on the floor. Nothing can take your mind off of the feeling of your thighs pressed into the seat. While your surrounding classmates are absorbed in the PowerPoint presentation, you can’t help but think that they are all secretly staring at your legs. Not even the professor at the front of the room, who is droning on and on like the teacher from Charlie Brown, can snap you back into reality.
26 PULSE SPRING 2024