Earlier today, Mumbai-based poet Harnidh Kaur had to face random comments from a stranger body-shaming her.
As a response, she tweeted asking people to share their experiences of being body-shamed.
Soon enough, people started replying to Kaur with similar instances of their own.
Some spoke about how medical conditions have caused their weight to fluctuate, opening them up to body-shamers.
Women weren't the only ones coming forward with their stories.
"Body shaming for men is a lot more insidious because we assume body standards exist for only women. Men are height-shamed, skinny-shamed, shamed for their facial hair or the lack thereof, for weight issues," Kaur told BuzzFeed.
Some users decided to tell their stories through pictures.
@PedestrianPoet And also to note that not just chubby people are shamed here. Even thin peeps are. And theyre all j… https://t.co/5TIGKnB5Z5
While others shared how they block out the haters.
"Especially in India, body-shaming is akin to familial bonding. So that just cheeses me off," she added.
