Body currency goes a little something like this: Through mainstream media and advertising, we are all being sold this idea, that if only we work hard enough and spend enough money, we will achieve happiness. If only we go to the gym, shave our woman legs, put make-up on our faces, get muscly man arms, get a tan, a nose job, a tight butt, I mean: fill in the gaps yourself. Every single one of these cost you so much time and so much money, so you can put an actual price on your ‘looks’. The reward for this expense is supposed to be happiness, freedom. So when people see someone fat – or someone
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