Chicken arms. Chicken legs. String bean. Too thin. Too lanky. Too bony. No butt. Plank of wood. Maybe one day she’ll fill out. Salad? You’ll never get a normal body eating that. Pizza? Only you could eat pizza and still look like that. Your pants are sagging in the back. All your clothes are too big on you.
Shaming people for their body type is never okay. Nobody should ever look in the mirror and feel less than someone else because of their shape and size. This applies to people who are underweight as much as it does for people who are overweight. Sometimes, people forget about us skinny girls and guys and how we feel. I should not feel ashamed for being thin, yet I do.
Being thin, blonde and perky has become society’s depiction of beauty. When people began to rebel against that idea, people who did fit the image of beauty were put down. It was put down by pop music, articles, tweets and people just being straight-up rude to skinny girls and guys. Instead of rebelling by saying, “No, everyone is beautiful,” people became mean towards other. Girls and guys that weren’t a size zero were put down by people who were. Shirts were released that said “Zero is not a size." News flash: it is.
It isn’t fair to be skinny-shamed. People who were shamed for being overweight are now shaming people who are underweight. I’m sure that it is not easy being shamed for being overweight or having curves, but how is the solution to shame other people? People are born with fast or slow metabolisms, big bones, thin bones and different body masses. Overall, we don’t really choose our bodies. We just live with them.
My point is to remind everyone, big and small, tall and short, that you should be proud of the body you have. You should be confident in your own skin. It is those who are self-conscious that put other people down. If we could learn to love ourselves and stop letting celebrities model how they think we should look, the world would be a happier and less judgmental place.
It is hard being body-shamed whether it is for being too thin or too big. Even though we all know that no one should be “too thin” or “too big” society pressures us to look a certain way. It’s best to accept that there will be haters and to learn to ignore them. No one should ever feel less than anyone else because of their body. You have the choice of being your biggest hater or your biggest supporter. Be your biggest supporter, love yourself and don't judge others.
