Moving to a new country comes with plenty of adjustments, from language to social rules, but I didn’t expect to feel out of place in my own body.
Before moving to Japan from New Zealand, I was mostly content with how I looked, having already survived the body-image hurdles of early motherhood.
Despite being a plus-size woman, I considered myself to be confident and rarely cared what others thought of my appearance.
After three years here, the visibility that comes with being a foreigner has brought along a level of self-consciousness I have never grappled with before.
I couldn’t stop comparing myself to everyone around me
Being visibly…
