Good morning everyone! I am currently in school right now and I am so sorry that I didn't write yesterday! I was busting catching up on studying and homework, as well as attending a flute lesson and spending time with my family.
For today's post, I wanted to address this issue that I've been thinking about for a while. It's talked about by friends and on TV shows and in the news, but nothing is ever done about it.
Society puzzles me. We are brought up being taught that weighing "too much" is ugly. That "fat" is supposed to be used as an insult, or that if you've got a few extra pounds on you, you could be considered a plus-size model. Who came up with these invisible rules? Who thought that it was ok to tell their kids that if you're thighs are big with a non-existent "thigh gap" and if you yawn, a double chin is created, that now you're considered ugly, or fat, or gross? Who in their right mind thinks that's ok to do?
If you go to a beach, and just sit on the boardwalk and people watch, you'll see hundreds of different body types and body differences. So what if one girl walks by and she doesn't have big boobs, a big butt, and a flat stomach (what society dubs beautiful)? So what if a guy walks by and he doesn't have muscles, or abs (what society calls hot)? So what if you don't have these things? That's ok. People are always going to have this very 2-D image of what other people should look like- meaning that that image is not realistic. Sure, there's some girls who have achieved toned legs and a razor board flat stomach, but that's not realistic for everyone. And that's ok.
I just wanted to get this short message across to anyone who needs to hear it (whether they know it or not). It's important to stay true to who you are and don't be afraid to be yourself, whether it be showing off your body in your fashion choices or taking up a certain hobby. I hope the world evolves to greet diversity with completely open arms, not just when it's easiest/most convenient. So stop judging people you see on the beach in their tiny bikinis. Stop judging those with one pieces. I believe we can change the world, (cheesy, I know) one bikini at a time.
- Gabriella
For today's post, I wanted to address this issue that I've been thinking about for a while. It's talked about by friends and on TV shows and in the news, but nothing is ever done about it.
Society puzzles me. We are brought up being taught that weighing "too much" is ugly. That "fat" is supposed to be used as an insult, or that if you've got a few extra pounds on you, you could be considered a plus-size model. Who came up with these invisible rules? Who thought that it was ok to tell their kids that if you're thighs are big with a non-existent "thigh gap" and if you yawn, a double chin is created, that now you're considered ugly, or fat, or gross? Who in their right mind thinks that's ok to do?
If you go to a beach, and just sit on the boardwalk and people watch, you'll see hundreds of different body types and body differences. So what if one girl walks by and she doesn't have big boobs, a big butt, and a flat stomach (what society dubs beautiful)? So what if a guy walks by and he doesn't have muscles, or abs (what society calls hot)? So what if you don't have these things? That's ok. People are always going to have this very 2-D image of what other people should look like- meaning that that image is not realistic. Sure, there's some girls who have achieved toned legs and a razor board flat stomach, but that's not realistic for everyone. And that's ok.
I just wanted to get this short message across to anyone who needs to hear it (whether they know it or not). It's important to stay true to who you are and don't be afraid to be yourself, whether it be showing off your body in your fashion choices or taking up a certain hobby. I hope the world evolves to greet diversity with completely open arms, not just when it's easiest/most convenient. So stop judging people you see on the beach in their tiny bikinis. Stop judging those with one pieces. I believe we can change the world, (cheesy, I know) one bikini at a time.
- Gabriella