LOVE YOUR LOOK
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L .Y. L
“Everything that you are is enough”
The mainstream media has a terrible habit of shaming people for their bodies. Advertisements, marketing, and fitting room mirrors would lead you to believe that the only desirable way to look is tall, thin, and muscular.That obviously isn’t the case for most people. The disparity between body types considered “normal” by the media and how regular people actually are creates a toxic perception in the minds of young people. Many young people paying close attention to the media believe that skinny is healthy, and everything else is unhealthy.
“ Love your body because you only have one.”
“If you’re fat you don’t have to hate yourself.” The biggest criticisms that I and others face is health. She says it is a tool to legitimise fat phobia, rather than a genuine concern about bigger bodies and health. “The only time I have been admitted to the hospital because of my weight was because I was beaten up for being fat,” she says, referring to an assault for which the perpetrators were convicted for. “We’re not promoting obesity, or telling people to be fat, we’re just saying, if you’re fat you don’t have to hate yourself.”
BEAUTIFUL
THE CURVE ON HER LIPS MAKES HER EVEN MORE
“Be proud of what you were given since birth, even if it’s not up to beauty standards”
“I got badly bullied when I was a new student�
“You’re so skinny that I can see right through you!” “I got badly bullied when I was a new student in elementary school, starting in kindergarten when I was five and lasting until I was nine years old. One girl told me every day during recess, ‘You’re so skinny that I can see right through you!’ I was a shy child and did not know how to handle this bullying, especially the name-calling. I was sad, and I believed that there was something very wrong with me.”
“Happiness is not size specific�
SPECIAL THANKS TO LEANNE BONDIN