Growing up my whole life, I was always thin. Ask anybody in my family, I love to eat. I can easily eat a whole box of pasta and want more. I never had a problem eating, there was always food on the table and I thank my parents for that. I ran track and field for six years, I love to run. I was and still am active. According to my doctors, I am a healthy girl. I am sure there are more of you out there who are have been in my shoes before.

Maybe you have been told to "go eat a hamburger" or "go get some meat on those bones." One time, I will never forget it, I was once called anorexic. This will never rest easy with me. There are so many people struggling with eating disorders and just because I am thin, you are going to call me anorexic? These comments make me enraged. No matter what color, shape or size you are, there will always be haters out there. There will always be people saying mean comments. I am writing this to open peoples eyes that thin girls get picked on too. This is not okay.

Here To Help is a website that provides information about mental health and substance abuse. According to Here To Help, "We’re constantly told that thinner is better." The media glamorizes being thin. But then on the other end, you will occasionally see the cover page with a celeb and it says "is she too skinny?" The media is this overwhelming power that controls how people act. It is a sickening thing that we all become guilty of following. I wish media outlets did not exist. I think this would solve so many social issues, like body image issues.

There may be some of you reading this thinking to yourself, "shut up, you are thin. you do not have to worry about anything. You are the way people expect you to be." Well let me tell you, some days I do not like when my knee bones are noticeable, when my ribs or hip bones are visible. That does not always make me feel pretty. Like I said before, I am a healthy girl. I wish I had something extra to cover up those noticeable features on me. I suppose it is true that we all want what we can not have. I love who I am and I am just like every other girl who gets insecure. People can go ahead and think what they want about this article, but I am writing this to spark a conversation. A conversation about thin girls being insecure and the name calling needs to stop.

There is a double standard when it comes to body image. People can complain about thinking they are "too wide" but nobody ever accepts somebody complaining they feel "too thin." I understand that this is probably because the media says yes to skinny and no to large. Well I say screw that.

I want everybody to accept people no matter what type they are. I want to live in a world where people will not judge by appearance. Do not judge somebody for having a little less and do not judge somebody for having a little more. Seems like wishful thinking. This will be borderline impossible if the media and its followers continue to portray their idea of a perfect woman.

I want to be able to feel comfortable to express that I feel insecure at times with my body without being told "shut up, are you kidding?! You are a twig." I want people to accept that thin girls have insecurities too. Everybody does! Females can relate when I say that we all have those days of feeling ugly and not wanted. I want people to accept that skinny people can have these days. Do not think that skinny girls just want attention if they express their insecurities. The best you can do for somebody is to help, do not put them down. Help somebody who is feeling crappy one day and inspire them to work past their insecurities and love themselves. If everybody helped out one another, name calling may no longer exist.

I just want to say, please do not judge thin girl. Do not think she does not eat enough. Please do not judge a large girl. Do not think she eats too much. Look past their appearance and get to know their personality, not their looks.