Recently on facebook, I had called out some girls on body shaming and clothing policing. A simple, who cares what people wear/stop forcing your ideas of beauty on other women. A friend replied making the case for body policing on the basis of indecency. She mentioned specifically a recent photo of me at the beach in my bathing suit. She said, “I loved seeing you flaunt your stuff at the beach, but if I saw you in a different setting, I think it would be inappropriate.” I was struck dumb by her comment. I loved seeing you flaunt your stuff at the beach. Flaunt? I was wearing a bathing suit. At the beach. but if I saw you in a different setting, I think it would be inappropriate. Implying that it would be inappropriate to show a large amount of bare skin elsewhere. Thin privileged is when you wear a swimsuit to the beach, you’re dressing sensibly and appropriately. But when I’m wearing mine, I’m flaunting my body for all the world to see.