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"   Apparently there&amp;#039;s a growing fascination with this thing called &amp;quot;Thigh Gap,&amp;quot; and it&amp;#039;s really kinda scaring the crap out of us.  Thigh Gap is basically having thighs so skinny, they not only do not touch each other, but the distance between them forms a gap. Apparently, thigh-related plastic surgeries are on the rise, according to The Daily Mail, as more and more women try to achieve the look, which we&amp;#039;ve seen on runway and Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret models, as well as super skinny celebs. But now this idea that our legs &amp;quot;shouldn&amp;#039;t&amp;quot; touch is steadily gaining momentum among young women. There are even tumblrs (like Do It for the Thigh Gap) and Twittter feeds (like @EleanorsThighs) completely dedicated to showing off pics of women&amp;#039;s covetous thigh gaps. Of course, thigh gap is just one nuanced part of the thinspo (as in &amp;quot;thin inspiration&amp;quot;) movement that encourages women to whittle themselves to look like the (often Photoshopped) images we see in magazines.  I&amp;#039;d like to call bullshit on the thigh gap, because I&amp;#039;m a size zero and there is no gap between my legs. I have relatively thin legs, and my inner thighs don&amp;#039;t just touch, they rub. No matter how many Pilates reformer classes I do, this will not change. I would literally have to stop eating to melt the fat on my thighs, which is not an option.  Hopefully with the rise of &amp;quot;real beauty&amp;quot; blogs and campaigns, we can combat this growing thinspo culture and start accepting our bodies as they are, as in beautiful, awesome, and totally unique. Because loving\u2014and rocking\u2014what you&amp;#039;ve got is just about as inspirational as it gets.  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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