On January 9, 1983, the American writer, blogger, and motivational speaker Rachel Hollis was born. After receiving criticism for releasing a contentious TikTok video in 2021, The New York Times published an article on her with the headline “Girl, Wash Your Timeline.”

In March 2015, Her biggest social media success came when an Instagram photo of her proudly flaunting her stretch marks went viral.

“I’m proud of my physique and every mark on it, therefore I wear a bikini. My flabby tummy demonstrates that I worked hard to lose the weight I could, and those scars demonstrate that I was lucky enough to be able to carry my children, she wrote in a statement.

Hollis and her family have relocated outside of Austin, Texas, as a result of the book’s popularity.

She often uploads motivating YouTube videos and already has over 163,000 subscribers. Girl, Stop Apologizing, a follow-up book by Hollis, was published in 2019.