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Body Acceptance is not only within oneself, but the ability to accept and respect the choices of others when it comes to their bodies and appearances.
(Source: femmewithavengeance)
I adore the term ‘thunder thighs.’
Thunder is loud.
Thunder is powerful.
Thunder is vociferous.
Thunder can even be intimidating.
People take notice of thunder. You can’t miss it.
I like the idea that my thighs can roarrumbleboom.
You bet your sweet bippy I have thunder thighs. I wouldn’t trade them for the world!
You do NOT have to be thin to be healthy.
More importantly, you do NOT have to be healthy in order to deserve basic human respect.
Health is private, and ALL bodies are good bodies.
Not your body? Not your business. Never forget that.
(Source: vizzzibility, via quesadildo)
You know what? I was scared as fuck the first time I noticed my stretchmarks. I didn’t know what they were. It’s like they didn’t exist in the world. I never saw them in pictures or TV or movies. I’m not gonna say I love mine, but.. I don’t think I’d hate them as much if I saw them often. If they actually seemed like a part of life. I think it’s so unfair. There’s nothing wrong with me, they are so natural yet, I was scared because of how the media portrays women.. It’s pretty crazy. I don’t want girls to be scared of that stuff or boys, boys have them too!
And it’s totally our job to reverse that! The current media today is so against women, that it’s obvious they want you to feel like crap. (To sell you turn around cream that doesn’t turn around shit…)
But really, everything from the Catholic church’s birth control scandal, the personhood act, slut shaming and body shaming - the media wants to fuck us over.
That’s why I think feminism should be at its highest point ever right now. Women are 50%+ of the population, but still we get treated as second class citizens. There is no reason for that, and frankly, I can’t stand for it.
If you feel beautiful, then you are. Beauty has nothing to do with what the media tells you.
SexEd Spread for XX/XY
The whole digital process thing is really frustrating for me, but I think I may have learned half a thing or two in the making.
(via thefemme-menace)
LADIES….
now i just want a bra that has “CHARACTER” emblazoned across the cups
Aww yeah!
All bodies are good bodies.
There are no bad bodies. The concept of “bad bodies” is a conspiracy.
on average, women see over 400 advertisements a day with glamorized images of what they should look like.
and you know what all those images have in common?
they are selling something.
makeup, a gym membership, clothes, hair products, restaurants, diet plans, razors, plastic surgery, etc.
There is a reason this ideal exists. It’s to make money.There is a reason that thin has been so culturally accepted as the way to have a “good” body. There is a reason that the beauty ideal - thin frame, even round breasts, long legs, smooth skin, long sleek hair, perfect complexion, made up, and wearing a certain style of clothing. That exists for a reason.
The reason, is that if corporations can manage to convince women that they aren’t beautiful the way they are, they can convince them that they need certain things to make them beautiful.
Like diet pills and diet food and a gym membership and makeup and cover up and nail polish and spanx and fancy clothes and more and more and more.
It is a conspiracy to make money.
And it’s one of the most successful conspiracies in the world.
And you know what else those ads all have in common? They show those women as being happy, and successful. Having friends, going to parties, having men desiring them, being confident, and smooth, and popular. This had led to an abundance of women who deeply believe, consciously or not, that the only way to achieve happiness, is to achieve a certain aesthetic.
and it’s not just the media. because this has been so widely spread, and accepted, you hear it everywhere. from your peers, your parents, your teachers, even strangers.
IT’S. NOT. TRUE.
Bodies have become such a taboo, and such a subject of shame for most women, that girls don’t grow up seeing real women’s bodies. Not represented by the media, and not even represented by the women in their lives. I think it’s pretty rare for a girl to grow up seeing all different shapes and sizes of women being represented proudly, and not in the context of “look how disgusting this part of me is.”
So who do they look to, to try to understand what women should look like?
Magazines, tv commercials, etc etc.
So they think that’s what all people should look like. So of COURSE they feel like something is wrong with them. Of course they do.
But there isn’t. There is nothing wrong with you.
The part of your body that you think is just *wrong*, and *deformed*, and *hideous.* Why? Your body is built exactly the way it’s meant to be. It’s your body. And anybody who tries to tell you there is something inherently bad about it is brainwashed.
There are no bad bodies. There are only bodies that are well taken care of, and bodies that are not. If you eat food that makes you feel good, and do things that make your body feel good, then your body will find the weight, the size, and the shape that is best for it.
That might be 90 pounds. 120 pounds. 180 pounds. 250 pounds. More or less. Anything.
So maybe, next time you’re sitting there just thinking about how fat, and ugly, and wrong you are, take a second to ask yourself,
why do I think that?
The reason is, because you have been programmed to think that. You have grown up in a toxic environment, where that concept, the concept of good and bad bodies, is everywhere. And just knowing that won’t make those thoughts go away, but maybe, it will give you more perspective. Maybe then you can step back, and say,
“okay. this isn’t real. this is actually complete and utter fucking bullshit.”
Your body is a good body.
Your body is the perfect body.
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Beautiful
I felt like a real pile of shit today. This helped. Thank you to whoever wrote it. You are so beautiful.
