Scrolling on Facebook is fun and entertaining until I see a post or picture body shaming skinny girls for not "having meat on their bones." Okay, yes, maybe I'm not your ideal picture perfect "wifey material" because I'm not slim-thick, but there are things you need to know before you go around making fun of the way I look.
I have feelings and get insecure.
When I see people shaming my body type after I already have my own insecurities, I will continue to have these insecurities. What good does that do? You making jokes about my body is no way to be towards someone who has no control over what it looks like in the first place.
That's right, I have no control.
If I had the choice, I wouldn't be so skinny. I want things that other people have, and others may want things that I have. That's just how life works. Do you want me to apologize for not reaching your standards? Because I won't. Some of us aren't capable of being able to gain weight no matter how hard we try. I'd love to have the "perfect" body. Who wouldn't? But we can't get everything we wish for.
I hope it doesn't make you feel better.
Just like body shaming "fat" girls isn't cool, neither is skinny shaming. And if you're one of those girls/boys who find it funny to make fun of us skinny people, then don't take it personal when you get body shammed as well. I'm not a "skeleton", a "skinny bitch", or "all skin and bones". I have a unique body that no one else has and I'm going to own it the best I can. What does body shaming someone skinny do for you? Does it help you sleep at night or maybe even make you feel better about the way you look? If so, you have a whole lot of reevaluating to do in your life because no body shaming should be allowed. It's mean and it has no purpose.
No one is perfect.
I know I'm not perfect. You're not perfect either. I'm well aware that you can see my hip bones and my spine. I know that to some people it may not be attractive. It's not even attractive to me and that's my own body I'm talking about. But some one will come to love the very little curves that I do have and someone will love my skinny thighs (even though apparently all guys love thick thighs to grab onto). Someone will love mine. And someone will loves yours too.
Body shaming skinny people is absolutely NO different than fat shaming. We all have our flaws. Why point them out for everyone to notice? I want to be able to love my body but it's hard when I've got others dissing the way it looks. I know I "need meat on my bones", please stop reminding me. I'll get there one day.
Love,
The skinny people.
