Busy Phillips

to see how these bans were the consequence of years of shame and silence surrounding abortion and women's reproductive health care.

And that shame and silence had been perpetrated on us.

My talking about it led to thousands of women sharing their own abortion stories online and me testifying before Congress in June of 2019.

But more than anything, for me, I think it really drove home that liberation is not holding a shame that doesn't belong to you.

Our next story is a favorite from the archive.

It's from Jennifer Conehurst, who told this at a story slam in St.

Paul.

Here's Jennifer live at the mall.

That was Jennifer Conehurst.

Jennifer is a ride-or-die resident of St.

Paul, Minnesota, a writer and founder of Kickball Collective, a scrappy little marketing agency.

She still likes to sauna, but usually wears a bikini.

You know, the story called to mind when I became a mom.

I have two daughters.

They're almost 13 and almost 18 now, if you can believe it.

I kind of can't.

We lived in L.A.

when they were younger, and when my older daughter started swim lessons, I noticed a trend with a lot of the other moms.

Some were refusing to wear bikinis, but even worse, some of them were refusing to wear swimsuits at all and wouldn't get in the pool.

And I realized that while my post-baby body was far from where I would have liked it to be, to my little girl, I was perfect.