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S02.2: Sara Mills: Beyond the Boobs--Deconstructing Body Image, Autism & Societal Norms

S02.2: Sara Mills: Beyond the Boobs--Deconstructing Body Image, Autism & Societal Norms

Released Monday, 7th August 2017
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S02.2: Sara Mills: Beyond the Boobs--Deconstructing Body Image, Autism & Societal Norms

S02.2: Sara Mills: Beyond the Boobs--Deconstructing Body Image, Autism & Societal Norms

S02.2: Sara Mills: Beyond the Boobs--Deconstructing Body Image, Autism & Societal Norms

S02.2: Sara Mills: Beyond the Boobs--Deconstructing Body Image, Autism & Societal Norms

Monday, 7th August 2017
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Model Sara Mills, best known as “Sara on the Internet,” reached widespread international acclaim with a viral YouTube video highlighting her twerking her breasts to Mozart. Her global Internet fame focused greatly on her silicone implant enhanced breasts, as well as her tattoos and distinct voice. However, along the way, Mills has also openly shared about her relationship to her body, autoimmune ailments that increased with the implants and an autism diagnosis she received two years ago. Finally, in 2016, after moving towards a healthier lifestyle in an effort to feel better, Mills opted for an explant surgery. Not concerned about what effect this decision would have on her following, she did what she does and made a YouTube video announcement. Sara’s direct and outwardly vocal style around her choices is what drew Samantha Paige to her story. When they finally met in person to share this conversation in LA, Mills shared so much more with Paige, including her take on the effects of chronic illness on creativity and friendship, “social inoculation” with autism, body positivity, the reasoning behind her tattoos and her take on societal norms. It is no surprise that her strong, clear voice and intelligence around these issues have actually garnered her a much larger following, far compensating for anyone, or anything, lost with the implants.

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