“AMANDA, it’s YOUR BODY and you do WHATEVER YOU WANT with it. No social convention should have a say in your IDENTITY!”
“… but also don’t expect everybody else to just go along with it. You’re knowingly and willfully bucking convention, and doing so publicly is bound to draw criticism. Challenging the status quo is not for the thin-skinned, and your right to do as you please with your body does not trump other people’s right to have an opinion, no matter how antiquated those opinions might be, or how rudely they might be expressed.”
