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"Beauty is pain" — that's what my mother used to say to me during the torturous process of brushing through my tangled curls. As I grew into a woman, it seemed to me that shapewear was just another example of how women are expected to tolerate discomfort for the sake of looking good. But it's simply not worth it to me anymore ...