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A year ago, at my old school, I was homecoming queen. “You look at me and think you know, but you don’t.” “You don’t know anything,” I said in carefully measured tones. “I just know what it’s like to want to lose weight, and-”

“I don’t want to offend you,” she said quickly. My face burned with rage and humiliation. “In junior high,” she continued, “I weighed, like, fifteen pounds more than I do now, and I found this great diet to take the weight off, and it worked.” I mean, some people in this school can be really cruel.” You really have a very pretty face, you know? And I know it must be hard for you. “I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, Lara,” she began slowly, “but … well, I’ve been wanting to talk to you.

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