You Say My Breasts Are Small? I Say It’s None of Your Business!

Design graduate Kritika Trehan has found a unique and creative way to talk about body shaming through her college project Excess.

Trehan’s collages are based on the real life stories of women aged between 13-40 who have experienced body shaming and uses images from pop culture.

The talented 22-year-old shared her experiences with The Quint.

My father’s friend told me that my ‘figure’ was better before. I found his remark highly inappropriate. When I had put on weight in school my friends told me, “Oh, now you look Punjabi”. No matter how hard I tried, it was never enough.

The objective of the book is to highlight the devastating impact body shaming can have on one’s confidence and mental health.

Why does anybody need to pass remarks, irrespective of my body shape? Why is my body a topic of conversation?

Video Editor: Sunil Goswami