I Love You, Flappy

A wonderful essay at Ampersand. You should go read the whole thing.

I’m going to look at myself naked in the mirror and take a deep breath and screw my courage to the sticking point and I am going to whisper, indulgently, ridiculously, I am going to whisper to each part of this body that I have such a hard time with, that I have hated and continue to hate so much, I’m going to whisper “I love you.”