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This woman came up with a pretty unique tactic to hit back at body shamers

And it’s blown up on Twitter.

Mar 19th 2016, 10:17 AM 10,363 Views 7 Comments

bikini5 Source: Twitter

EARLIER THIS MONTH, American woman Sara Petty noticed somebody on Twitter saying that if you weigh over 200 pounds then a bikini isn’t for you.

She searched a bit more and found that it was a pretty common opinion out there.

So, she created four images and tweeted them out with the line “Girls: Wear whatever the hell you want.”

bikini Source: Twitter

She told Huffington Post this week about how this tactic worked out for her:

I just did some quick searches and found a bunch of similar tweets, so I decided I could do my part to chip away at body shaming however I could.

Her four images included her in a crop top, bikini, leggings and shorts

bikini2 Source: Twitter

Each one was uploaded with a selection of tweets saying that girls like Sara absolutely shouldn’t wear these things

bikini3 Source: Twitter

They have been retweeted over 75,000 times at this stage

bikini4 Source: Twitter

That’s a pretty strong showing of support, then

Girls: Wear whatever the hell you want. pic.twitter.com/AjeudTM9rH
— Sara of House Lash (@_spetty) March 9, 2016

Source: Sara Petty/Twitter

You’d have to class that as a categorical win.

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