Us Has Thoughts! Let's Normalize Body Diversity!

There's no such thing as a 'typical' body — and TV, film and social media are finally starting to catch on

- By CARLA SOSENKO With reporting by Amanda Williams

Jessica Salmon, the magnetic and (don't call her) messy protagonist of Lena Dunham's new Netflix rom-com Too Much, has just arrived in London when she gets a little cheer-up about her love life. "Do not be nervous," a guy she barely knows tells her. Hotties "have curves, and you've got a... big, beautiful ass."

Thing is, she's not nervous. And we've never seen her worried about her curves. That's something Jess and the actor who plays her, Megan Stalter, have in common. "I'm so lucky to love my fat ass," Stalter recently told Glamour, and she's right: With all of society telling women since the beginning of time that the size of our ass (and boobs and thighs) is the most important thing, simply being comfortable in one's skin is actually radical.

I should know. I was born with the vascular disorder Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, which deforms my back and right leg. In addition to being Us' executive editor at large, I'm an author, and my memoir,