Dr. Taylor Cummings

I kind of completely removed myself from it.

I was rejecting all things vanity.

I was rejecting all things that made someone attracted to me.

It was almost like a form of rebellion and protection.

And so understanding what that was doing.

So there was a lot of positive things, I think, that came from it.

Existing in a larger body, you see how people treat you differently.

And it's like, okay, like this is reality.

And even when I was younger, you know, I was always, you know, conventionally attractive and things of that nature.

And I was like, there's something really, really wrong about this.

You know, that like, even though I'm benefiting from it, like this is, this is not right.

This is not okay.

Yeah.

You know, and so I always had that spirit about me.

And so I think as I got older, really like leaning into that, you know, was really helpful for me.

I think, you know, removing myself from vanity in terms of like no makeup, no, no nails, no, all the things that they tell you.

you know, you should be doing to enhance yourself or to be professional or to, to, to dress a certain way.

You know, I got a kick out of showing up baggy hoodie hat on and, you know, seeing how people treat you differently.

But then I show up in a dress, I show up looking like this and now it's, oh, you know, so that was interesting to me.

Yeah.