Basically, I have an issue with anyone body shaming. Whether you are bigger, smaller, slim, curvy,tall, short, have no butt, have no boobs, have too much butt, have too much boob, have a gut, whatever. You're beautiful the way you are, so don't let anyone tell you you aren't living up to their standards. If someone is giving you standards then that person needs to be kicked out of your life pronto.
With that being said, I'm sick of hearing people body shame skinny people. Surprise! It's not only curvy girls that experience body shaming. I naturally have a smaller figure (thanks to my moms side...) and for most of my life I was just scratching the surface of having a weight of a three digit number until I arrived at college. Food is literally everywhere on campus and I found it hard to deny the seemingly unlimited supply of food I could pay with using my Dining Dollars. I gained a little bit of weight and did not work out much, but my body stature did not change. I was still just a smaller human with more pounds on me.
I'm no stranger to skinny body shaming. I've experienced it my whole life starting from elementary school and I know other women who have experienced it as well. This is for the ladies who are petite and can't help that their bodies stay on the skinny side.
For the petite ladies who are at the gym and constantly hear from their friends "Why are you here? You're already small. If you think you have something to lose then look at me." Are you in my body? No. Maybe I just want to come to the gym to better myself just like you are doing.
For the ladies who are told to eat something because they're too skinny, but those people don't know that you could eat your plate and their plate plus dessert. Your metabolism burns straight through it.
"Don't wear that, you don't have a big enough butt, big enough boobs, etc." I'll wear what I want when I want. Do not let anyone tell you what to wear and when to wear it.
And don't let anyone tell you that you can't dance a certain way because you don't have the body for it. You dance your heart away however you please.
Now I'm not saying that skinny body shaming is the only one that matters. All body shaming matters, but this is the kind I have experienced and I know a lot of other girls have as well. Body shaming isn't just for girls with curves, it is all body types including skinny. So next time you start to criticize someone for being skinny just do us all a favor and keep your mouth shut. You may think you're giving us a compliment, but you are doing the absolute complete opposite.
So "skinny" ladies: eat that dessert, go to the gym, wear that dress or those jeans, do whatever you want to because it is your God given right in the body that he gave you. Don't let anyone try to tell you that you shouldn't do something because you are small and skinny. Embrace the skinny.
