Chrissy Teigen Instagrams her stretch marks, which are a normal part of life

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Tricia Gilbride
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Women in the public eye are using social media to confront sexist and unrealistic beauty standards head on and showing no signs of slowing down.

Yesterday, Pink called out critics of her weight gain and Janelle Monae fired back at a tweet telling her to stop wearing suits with the the response, "I'm not for male consumption."

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Today, model and social media phenomenon Chrissy Teigen posted a picture of her stretch marks and the mysterious bruises that every woman seems to have at all times no matter what.

Her extremely cute bulldog also makes an appearance in the photo.

Bruises from bumping kitchen drawer handles for a week. Stretchies say hi! A photo posted by @chrissyteigen on Apr 12, 2015 at 9:09pm PDT

It's a change of pace from her typical Instagrams sharing drool-worthy food pictures and adorable photos with her husband, John Legend, but fans are happy to see the model normalizing the "flaws" that women are taught to hide.

"We're not alone," chimed one commenter expressing solidarity.

As for the haters, it's safe to assume how Teigen feels.

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