00:00 For years, Michelle Pearson had a very personal problem.
00:06 I became very obsessed with always looking slim,
00:10 always looking skinny, always wanting to be skinnier than I was.
00:14 # You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out... #
00:17 A lifetime of dieting and self-loathing
00:20 ending in making a terrible decision.
00:23 I had surgery and I, um...
00:25 ..I, you know, wanted to change my body.
00:28 Didn't really change a lot
00:30 because I didn't really have that much weight to lose.
00:32 It wasn't...it wasn't necessary.
00:34 # You can be beautiful, wonderful, everything... #
00:37 I guess I started writing this show
00:39 because I'd had three traumatic surgeries
00:41 to correct that original surgery I'd had in my early 20s.
00:45 # You gotta speak up... #
00:47 She hopes speaking out through her Adelaide Cabaret show
00:50 will help others,
00:52 especially in combating the dangers of social media.
00:55 I think we need to call times up on some of these, um...
00:59 ..on some of these habits that we have.
01:01 I think a lot of people think
01:03 other people's bodies are our business.
01:05 They're not.
01:06 # Ah... #
01:07 Skinny is debuting at the Adelaide Cabaret this weekend.
01:11 end.
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