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Let's Talk about Body Positivity

It's about damn time someone says it.

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Let's Talk about Body Positivity
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Let's talk about something important: Body Positivity. This is something that needs to be shouted from roof tops. You know why? Because everyone deserves it!

First of all, body positivity is for everyone. Skinny or fat or normal or anything. Now, let me explain why. We forget so often that skinny people are thin-shamed very often. How many times do you think that naturally skinny people are asked, "Why don't you ever eat?" "You're not going to finish your dinner again?" etc. That is not something that is nice, or even constructive. Telling people that their body shape, whether it's something that they worked for or something that they were born with, is wrong. IS WRONG. It is not your body so it doesn't matter what someone else does this with their own.

Now, for everyone else. I'm sure there is not one person who is average weight, or above average weight who hasn't been made fun of for their weight. I can name countless experiences and I am not one to even consider myself heavy. Telling people that they are fat, too big, etc. is wrong. No one asks for the body that they are given and it's not okay to judge.

So let's talk about this. Why is this even something that needs to be discussed? Because we are constantly taught that there is one body that is supposed to be achieved. The only problem with this, is that people who look like this naturally STILL get attacked for looking like this. There is no winning here. If your boobs are too big, you're probably a slut. If your boobs are too small, you're probably a boy. If your butt is too big, it's fat. If your butt is too small, you didn't do your squats. Even with parts of the female body that have been sexualized, we still cannot win.

Eating disorders are so prominent in our day and age. Females and males develop these because of the negative thoughts they think about their own body. By forcing your negative opinions on them, it is not making it any better for them. Then we judge people for having these problems that we have done nothing to, but made worse.

So let's celebrate our bodies. Why should we ruin other people's lives because we are all different shapes and sizes? We love dogs and they are all different (don't even try to tell me this is false). Tell someone that they look great in their jeans. Tell someone that their shirt is very flattering. But if you have nothing nice to say, just smile and walk away. Stop making people miserable because you are. Start building each other up.

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