This morning I read an article in “The Nation” called “The Upside of Ugly” by Jessica Valenti. In it, Valenti tells the story of 14-year-old Nadia Ilse, who received $40,000 worth of cosmetic surgery. The company that sponsored her surgery is a charity, Little Baby Face Foundation, performs surgeries on kids with facial deformities. When I think of facial deformities, I think of cleft palates, or
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