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(CNN) Forget about reading her palm: If you really want to know about a woman's life, do some #thighreading.

The hashtag is the latest in the body positivity movement as women post photos of their thighs in celebration of loving themselves, flaws and all.

From cellulite to stretch marks and scars, the aim is to show acceptance of bodies of all shapes and sizes. Social media is grabbing hold.

#thighreading bc my skin is just skin pic.twitter.com/LP5ONjumEI — tobey maguire (@bummerfriends) July 28, 2015

I survived bone cancer. My legs aren't a symbol of beauty; they're meant to take me on great adventures #thighreading pic.twitter.com/Bn87Ms7KjG — pdbowen (@pdbowen) July 27, 2015

#thighreading A photo posted by e'joe Ma (@ejoema) on Jul 26, 2015 at 7:31am PDT

How awesome is it that a young women has started this? Bet we could start #bellyreading 😜Its great to see the #thighreading hashtag trending. It's pictures of women and their celebration of their sexy stretch marks on their thighs x Be brave post your #bellyreading below! A photo posted by Hotmilk Lingerie (@hotmilklingerie) on Jul 25, 2015 at 3:09pm PDT

It reportedly all started with Twitter user @princess_labia, who tweeted "palm readings <<<< thigh readings" with a picture of her stretch marks. The actress and writer told Elite Daily that "I was sitting on my couch (I lounge around naked a lot) looking at my thighs and feeling the grooves of my stretch marks, and the thought that they looked like lifelines, like a palm reading, just came to me.

"I tweet about my body 'imperfections' pretty frequently, so I didn't think this was going to be something my followers responded to differently than most other things," she said. "But girls started sending back pictures of their thigh readings, and then it just went on from there."

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