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<p>Bikini season is upon us, and <strong>Mindy Kaling</strong> has something to say about it.</p><p>The actress, comedian, writer, and recent mother shared a post on Instagram, promoting <strong>body positivity</strong> and embracing everyone&#39;s &#39;right&#39; to wear a bikini. The post showed two photos of Kaling absolutely slaying in a two-piece bikini, as well as a video in which she shared a story about how she came to realize that anyone<strong> should have the confidence to wear bikinis if they want.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div></a> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">IDK who needs to hear this but… 🗣 WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI. You don’t have to be a size 0. Swipe for my storytime and have a great summer ❤️ (edited to say: this accidentally sounds like an ad but it’s not- but I mean, if you want to buy ANY high waisted bikini and wear it, tag a pic so I can comment)!</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mindykaling/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Mindy Kaling</a> (@mindykaling) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2019-07-05T22:42:45+00:00">Jul 5, 2019 at 3:42pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The caption reads: <strong>&quot;IDK who needs to hear this but&hellip;,&quot; she wrote. &quot;WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI. You don&#39;t have to be a size 0.&quot;</strong></p><p>The accompanying video is of of Kaling talking about her experience in Hawaii, where she was inspired by the women of all body types who wore bikinis.</p><p>She says:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;My very best friend in the world, Jocelyn, is from Hawaii, and I would go and visit her when I was in college, and what I was struck about Hawaii is that everybody wears bikinis,&quot; she recounted. &quot;It does not matter what your body type is. You rock a bikini cause you&#39;re in Hawaii. And there&#39;s so much body positivity there that I, who was always really shy about my body, would wear bikinis.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Kaling adds that she prefers high-waisted bottom bikinis, as they are more flattering for her figure, and encourages her followers to share their bikini pics with her.</p><p>Naturally, <strong>people were inspired</strong> by this uplifting message.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/" height="140" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-07-07-at-114942-am-4swVoc.png" width="746" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/" height="172" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-07-07-at-115003-am-7EuID1.png" width="746" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/" height="482" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-07-07-at-115112-am-ukRhzR.png" width="746" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjV-Fxlfn5/" height="156" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-07-07-at-115020-am-9PxexQ.png" width="656" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>You heard her, bikini season is for everyone! See you at the pool.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mindy Kaling shared an uplifting post about 'bikini bods' and everyone is feeling the love.

Bikini season is upon us, and Mindy Kaling has something to say about it.The actress, comedian, writer, and recent mother shared a post on Instagram, promoting body positivity and embracing everyone&#39;s &#39;right&#39; to wear a bikini. The post showed two photos of Kaling absolutely slaying in a two-piece bikini, as well as a video in which she shared a story about how she came to realize that anyone should have the confidence to wear bikinis if they want.         View this post on Instagram           IDK who needs to hear this but… 🗣 WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI. You don’t have to be a size 0. Swipe for my storytime and have a great summer ❤️ (edited to say: this accidentally sounds like an ad but it’s not- but I mean, if you want to buy ANY high waisted bikini and wear it, tag a pic so I can comment)! A post shared by  Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) on Jul 5, 2019 at 3:42pm PDTThe caption reads: &quot;IDK who needs to hear this but&hellip;,&quot; she wrote. &quot;WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI. You don&#39;t have to be a size 0.&quot;The accompanying video is of of Kaling talking about her experience in Hawaii, where she was inspired by the women of all body types who wore bikinis.She says: &quot;My very best friend in the world, Jocelyn, is from Hawaii, and I would go and visit her when I was in college, and what I was struck about Hawaii is that everybody wears bikinis,&quot; she recounted. &quot;It does not matter what your body type is. You rock a bikini cause you&#39;re in Hawaii. And there&#39;s so much body positivity there that I, who was always really shy about my body, would wear bikinis.&quot; Kaling adds that she prefers high-waisted bottom bikinis, as they are more flattering for her figure, and encourages her followers to share their bikini pics with her.Naturally, people were inspired by this uplifting message.        You heard her, bikini season is for everyone! See you at the pool.

Bikini season is upon us, and Mindy Kaling has something to say about it.  The actress, comedian, writer, and recent mother shared a post on Instagram, promoting body positivity and embracing everyone&#39;s &#39;right&#39; to wear a...