March 17, 2014

  • What is wrong with people?

    All-Sizes Okay, so I'm browsing my news this afternoon and I ran across this: http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/hollister-photo-thin-model-airbrushing-164022678.html No one will say if this is air brushed or not naturally but still...what if this girl is just naturally thin and everyone is simply saying 'eww' and calling her names. Also, mind you when you look at the clothes they put her into that could also be helping her look thinner than she actually is in real life.

     

    People skinny bash/thin shame and don't even realize that they are doing it on a daily basis. As someone whose always been on the thin side I've heard it all and most of the time people don't even see what they are doing. The example I always use it is that its okay for someone to walk up to me and say 'eat a cheeseburger' but if I respond with 'maybe you shouldn't eat so many cheeseburgers.' I'm the bad guy yet the person said pretty much the same thing to me. Both statements are negative at the end of the day but of course, since you are saying it to a thin person who you think has it easy its perfectly acceptable.

     

    If we want our little girls to not have body issues we need to showcase many different body types, the curvy girls, the thin as a rail girl, the kind of curvy girl, the toned girl..you get the idea. We shouldn't be picking ONE body type to rule them all, we need our young girls to see numerous body types in women and know that regardless of what you are born with that its your body and you should be happy with it. There is no need to make one set of girls feel great about themselves while putting down another set of girls.

     

    Every little girl and every woman should feel represented somewhere. Right now it appears as if being skinny is 'out' and we are automatically unhealthy since we are skinny. They could, I don't know leave the imagine alone and add in other types of models so that the message is there that we are all built differently and that's okay.

     

    As someone whose skinny and eats and trust me, I eat...I've been eating more than my fair share since I've gotten my teeth fixed. I think we all need to stop assuming about someone because they are skinny. We should encourage our little girls to be healthy.....period! In fact, here's one of the comments on the article: "What of she's just naturally skinny teen? I was skin and bones in my teens and filled up only by the age of 25. People come in all shapes and forms, there's no need to insult her, in my opinion. Those reactions are idiotic." I completely agree! Stop insulting and start encouraging. There is no one 'right' body type and there is no need to put each other down. There's really no reason to shame one another. Also, in case you are wondering...Never tell a skinny girl to eat something, its offensive. I know for me whenever someone says that to any girl I grumble and roll my eye's. Think before you speak especially to a skinny girl.