It is all about perspective. Think if we woke up and loved our body’s? If we stopped worrying about the weight on the scale, which is only the gravitational pull and has no other meaning. What if we took our bodies and gave them a new meaning. A true meaning. Our bodies are made for us to love and cherish this short life we live. It is the only one we are given so we shouldn't waste it trying to change it into something that it isn't. When we stop worrying about our bodies we start worrying about the things that matter.
I recently watched a Ted Talk with Cameron Russel, a underwear model, who openly stated that she is insecure. Yes, even models get insecure. She constantly has people looking at her and judging even though she is slender and tall. She is often viewed for just her body when there is so much more to her. Cameron Russel is sexualized for having collarbones that stick out and little thighs. She is known for her body, like most models. But, when did that account for having a nice body. Cameron has an amazing body because it is her own.
Ashley Graham, a plus-size model, talks on Ted Talk about how she has always been known as the “fat girl.” She speaks about how we as women need to start loving ourselves that includes all of our curves, cellulite, fat or skinny thighs. All of her life she has been ridiculed for being “plus sized” but she makes the statement that she is “her size.” She states that she has always been known as “pretty for a fat girl.” Ashley is torn apart and is in a separate group of all the models called “plus size” solely because she is not as slender as them. Ashley has a beautiful body because it is her own.
There is more to these girls than the way they look. The amount of fat, cellulite, or jiggle they have in their body does not define who they are as people. In life, women, including myself, get wrapped in the media of being flawless all of them time. There is not a list of what women should and should not have for the perfect body but sadly we all create our own lists: to be skinnier, to have longer hair, to have a thigh gap.
The terms fat or skinny are both equally used to judge others or shame them. “She is too skinny.” “She is too fat.” Why is the weight the ultimate deciding factor of how they are as a person? Not even just that, why does it matter? They are not you and you are not them, so what gives you to the right to judge how they look? But, at the end of the day it is up to you to decide whether you love your body enough. If you love your body enough, everyone's vision of the “perfect body” disappears. These are beautiful bodies that we are in and we need to appreciate them. We need love ourselves how we are made.
