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" For too long, women have\u00A0been\u00A0bullied about their\u00A0physical\u00A0scars,\u00A0offered unsolicited weight-loss advice, and generally made to\u00A0feel\u00A0ashamed about their\u00A0bodies.\u00A0 But no more:\u00A0Eighteen-year-old\u00A0Los Angeles photographer\u00A0Taylor Giavasis\u00A0is placing a serious road block in the way of body shaming. On her\u00A0new Instagram account, The Naked Diaries, she\u00A0showcases women&amp;#039;s (almost) nude bodies\u2014and the cellulite, scars, stretch marks and plethora of skin tones that make us all\u00A0unique.\u00A0 It&amp;#039;s the antithesis of high-gloss, Photoshopped-to-death\u00A0magazine images.\u00A0The only editing\u00A0Giavasis might do is use an app on the images to cover\u00A0nipples with smiley emojis and flowers,\u00A0in order to comply\u00A0with the social network&amp;#039;s nudity policy.\u00A0 Giavasis got the idea while\u00A0shooting for a friend.\u00A0&amp;quot;I personally think she&amp;#039;s beautiful, but I\u00A0could tell how self-conscious she was about her body,&amp;quot; Taylor told\u00A0MTV News. &amp;quot;So, I was like, &amp;#039;Let me just take pictures of you to show\u00A0you,&amp;#039;\u00A0and she let me, and she loved how they looked. She was so happy\u00A0with them, so I was like, &amp;#039;Why don&amp;#039;t I do this for other girls?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;          A photo posted by taylor giavasis (@thenakediaries) on Sep 24, 2015 at 12:41pm PDT              A photo posted by taylor giavasis (@thenakediaries) on Aug 7, 2015 at 10:05am PDT     Of the photos Giavasis takes herself, she said she is sometimes moved to tears.\u00A0&amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a vulnerable thing, but I just hang out with them and develop friendships with these girls,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;During [photo sessions]\u00A0sometimes I cry because they start telling their stories and I&amp;#039;m like &amp;#039;How can you not see how beautiful you are?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;           I heard once that bigger girls shouldn\u2019t wear thongs. I disagree. A photo posted by taylor giavasis (@thenakediaries) on Jul 3, 2015 at 1:21pm PDT               I love my stretch marks A photo posted by taylor giavasis (@thenakediaries) on Jul 25, 2015 at 5:06pm PDT      So far, the account has more than 40,000 followers. The photos\u2014of freckles in unusual places,\u00A0\u00A0stretch marks caused by medical\u00A0side effects, and self-inflicted wounds\u2014continue to pour in, as do the\u00A0words of encouragement.\u00A0 &amp;quot;You have no idea how positively you could impact someone by showing what you&amp;#039;ve overcome,&amp;quot; wrote one commenter.\u00A0 [via MTV]\u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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