The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is under way in South Australia and one woman is telling her very personal story of obsession and redemption. Michelle Pearson's tale is directly aimed at society's fascination with body image, especially on social media.
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00:00 For years, Michelle Pearson had a very personal problem.
00:06 I became very obsessed with always looking slim,
00:10 always looking skinny, always wanting to be skinnier than I was.
00:14 # You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out... #
00:17 A lifetime of dieting and self-loathing
00:20 ending in making a terrible decision.
00:23 I had surgery and I, um...
00:25 ..I, you know, wanted to change my body.
00:28 Didn't really change a lot
00:30 because I didn't really have that much weight to lose.
00:32 It wasn't...it wasn't necessary.
00:34 # You can be beautiful, wonderful, everything... #
00:37 I guess I started writing this show
00:39 because I'd had three traumatic surgeries
00:41 to correct that original surgery I'd had in my early 20s.
00:45 # You gotta speak up... #
00:47 She hopes speaking out through her Adelaide Cabaret show
00:50 will help others,
00:52 especially in combating the dangers of social media.
00:55 I think we need to call times up on some of these, um...
00:59 ..on some of these habits that we have.
01:01 I think a lot of people think
01:03 other people's bodies are our business.
01:05 They're not.
01:06 # Ah... #
01:07 Skinny is debuting at the Adelaide Cabaret this weekend.
01:11 end.
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