The Body Positive Movement is supposed to support people to be liberated from self-hatred, value their beauty and identity and use their energy and intellect to make positive changes in their own lives and in their communities. This movement is supposed to cause people to have intrinsic feelings of being happy with yourself. When I say intrinsic, I mean that they are supposed to find reasons within themselves to be happy and to feel beautiful. Instead, too many young women do the exact opposite. Many young women are using this as an excuse to gain attention from others in order to feel good about themselves.
Young women post half naked pictures of themselves on the internet captioned "#bodyposi" while waiting for their social media to pop off with the attention of thirsty men salivating over their soft-porn selfie. Yes, I see how these women try to justify their otherwise taboo pictures by saying that they're being fearless of judgment when posting these on the internet, but why can't today's society just do something for themselves without having to brag to the entire internet? I, myself, have lost close to forty pounds in the past three months and have posted progression pictures, but I didn't feel the need to take my clothes off in order to do so. Ladies, you aren't leaving anything to the imagination anymore. What is so special about being intimate with one person if all 1500 of your Twitter followers have seen your (ass)ets on their feed?
I praise the women of the Middle East. For them, wearing burkas is like their own body positive movement. They find empowerment within themselves by covering their entire bodies, eliminating anyone from judging them based on their physical appearance instead of what is within. Instead of being so worried and having your happiness based on how many people favorite or retweet your naked mirror pic, put some clothes on, and find reasons within yourself to feel good about your body. You are all beautiful, intelligent and influential human beings. Your worth does not come from how many Instagram likes you receive or whether or not that one boy favorites your selfie. You will never feel genuinely beautiful until you love yourself. It doesn't matter whether or not the 200 people who liked your selfie think you are beautiful. If you don't find value within yourself, it won't matter who else finds value in you.
Love ya selves girls.
