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It’s tempting to watch this segment and think this doctor is crazy or those parents are crazy or that girl is crazy. The much scarier reality is that they’re not crazy — their desires and justifications make perfect sense in this culture of beauty ideals.

Rajiv Narayan

Jan 21, 2014

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