I think we can all agree that this past year has been all about loving your body the way it is. So many celebrities and influential people have talked out about body shaming and how it needs to be stopped. Yet something that is ignored a majority of the time is skinny shaming. There seems to be this biased opinion amongst not all, but many individuals that it's worse to call someone fat than it is to call someone skinny.
Fat shaming is an awful thing and I'm glad that a lot of people have learned that as long as you're happy and healthy, being curvy is not a bad thing! But at the same time, people don't take the same initiative to let skinny girls that might not have any curve know that being thin is not a bad thing either.
When Dove came out with their campaign showing "real women" in their underwear, there was not one thin framed girl in sight. The ad was to go against Victoria's Secret's campaign, and yet didn't accomplish much since it was basically representing the same thing on a different spectrum. "Real women" come in all shapes and sizes and should not be put down for how they look.
It's come to my attention that when stores such as Target weren't carrying plus sized clothing people were outraged since the said average size of a women is a 14, which in turn led to Target incorporating plus size clothing into their collection. J Crew on the other hand decided to carry a 000 for women of the smaller size and people were going insane wondering how they could carry such a small size. It might be a wake up call for many, but believe it or not, some women are naturally thinner and smaller. Sometimes you can't help how thin you are and being put down for it shouldn't be acceptable just like calling someone "fat" is seen as the worst of all things.
I have been on both sides of the spectrum and I can tell you one thing for sure, I have received far more criticism now that I am thinner as opposed to my chubbier days. I've gotten the, "Oh my gosh, you're soooo thin," and the, "Come on, eat the cupcake, you could use it anyway." I've seen close friends of mine being called anorexic even though they're some of the healthiest people I know!
People need to realize that women of all shapes and sizes have feelings. It can hurt to be called "skinny" just as much as it hurts to be called "fat". Skinny women are not skeletons. They are not anorexic. They are not lollipop heads. They are not skin and bones. They are human.
