Shame On Body Shaming
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Shame On Body Shaming

Remember that whether you're tall and thin, muscular and toned or curvy and busty…you're beautiful.

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I get so tired of seeing this concept of "body shaming" every time I log onto any social media platform. Whenever I scroll down a feed and see a picture with more than 50 comments, it's pretty safe to say 50% of those comments are negative and anyone reading this knows that is disturbingly accurate. Social media has created so many opportunities to critique and criticize people without ever having to do so face to face. If everything written online had to be spoken out loud, these body shaming issues and insecurities would be few and far between.

All in all body shaming is just exhausting. It doesn’t have a set pattern to it either. People call one person too heavy and then if they lose weight it changes to "Oh now they're too thin, they shouldn’t have lost so much." After I'm done silently ripping my hair out while reading these contradictory comments, I think to myself, what does the person writing these think about themselves? Do they think they are perfect? Do they think that their body and look is what everyone should strive to be like?

Most likely the answer is no because it is commonly known that if others are negatives towards you it is because they are insecure about themselves. If you are one of these people that finds it amusing or therapeutic to shame others simply because you are insecure with your own body, then please, log off social media and either go fix your own body or go fix your attitude.

It breaks my heart when I see men and women who are healthy and beautiful who don't see themselves the way they truly are due to comments they receive. At times we become our own worst critics but I think that is in part due to the fact that body shaming is so prominent in today's society. Even before we post a picture or go outside we immediately judge ourselves from another person's eyes which should never be the case.

Please remember that whether you're tall and thin, muscular and toned or curvy and busty…you're beautiful. Whether you're petite or plus size…you're beautiful. Whether you go to the gym on a regular basis, go once in a while, or only after you've consumed an entire pizza and feel guilty…you're beautiful. No one should ever let a meaningless comment made by someone hiding behind a screen change how you feel about yourself.

So, to all the body shamers and people who spam social media with negativity: STOP. Stop destroying other people's confidence just because you haven't reached their level yet. Stop wasting your time (and other people's notifications) because you're too lazy to fix what's really bothering you. If you can't find the beauty in people of all different shapes and sizes, then stop putting the shame on them and turn it around to you.

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