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When the trailer for Netflix's Tall Girl dropped, I received no less than five texts from friends saying:"Hey! It's you!" And they were not wrong. I stand at 6-foot-2 , having reached 6-feet by the time I was 13 years old. A lot of my childhood experiences mirror those of title character Jodi, the 6-foot-1"tall girl" played by Dance Moms alum Ava Michelle. I can easily recall the bullying , the lack of clothing options, being shorter than maybe three boys in my grade.

I don't disagree that there are issues with what is absolutely a cheesy, teen rom-com with a poorly constructed script. But, as with most issues, Twitter users have forgotten about nuance, and are addressing this movie in a very binary way. Twitter discourse leaves no room for gray areas, and so movies are simply seen as either problematic or not, and people either lead lives that are oppressed or adversity-free perfection. Which, yeah right.

My body has been the subject of unwarranted comments from strangers for as long as I can remember. This reached a pinnacle when I worked in retail and received comments about my body at least once a day.

For years now, I have compiled a list of things I have been asked and told hundreds of times, as well as some out-of-pocket one-off comments. These usually get answered with a fake laugh and a number of scripted responses. Here they are, below. If, while reading this list, you recognized a question you've asked someone taller than you before, please take it as a cue to stop asking me, every tall woman you see on the street, and Elizabeth Debicki similar questions about how tall we are. I can assure you that we do, in fact, know that we are tall, are reminded of it on a near-daily basis, and don't need to be reminded about it ever again.Tall Girl is available for streaming on Netflix now.

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