If you talked to your friends the way you talk to your body, you'd have no friends left.
— Marcia Hutchinson
You're Only As Pretty As You Feel
Body image. What a drag ...
I'm always amazed at how our young girls, and our young boys too, have to cope with this unreal ideal of body image that the media pumps out at them.
Well, it's not only young people who suffer. It seems everyone under the age of 90 is obsessed with somehow maintaining a "perfect" figure.
To be honest, I can't think of any one other thing that bothers people more, or that preoccupies more of their time.
We are who we are, and I must tell you, we are all a little imperfect, here or there ... but so what?
It's the imperfections that make you unique.
It's the imperfections that make you beautiful.
© Copyright, Kennedy James. All rights reserved.
Body image. What a drag ...
I'm always amazed at how our young girls, and our young boys too, have to cope with this unreal ideal of body image that the media pumps out at them.
Well, it's not only young people who suffer. It seems everyone under the age of 90 is obsessed with somehow maintaining a "perfect" figure.
To be honest, I can't think of any one other thing that bothers people more, or that preoccupies more of their time.
We are who we are, and I must tell you, we are all a little imperfect, here or there ... but so what?
It's the imperfections that make you unique.
It's the imperfections that make you beautiful.
© Copyright, Kennedy James. All rights reserved.
So happy to see you back !!!
ReplyDeleteKJ, you're a beautiful person !!!
Hi Doronette ... thanks, it's good to be back ... ;o}
Delete“Fat-bashing in all its varied forms – criticism, exclusion, shaming, fat talk, self-deprecation, jokes, gossip, bullying – is one of the last acceptable forms of prejudice. From a very young age, before they can walk away or defend themselves, women are taught that they are how they look, not what they do or what they know.” ― Robyn Silverman, Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It
ReplyDeleteThis topic is huge. We watch TV shows about losing weight, feeling great, getting fit, and falling off the diet wagon. We have dieted with the likes of Oprah who went up and down the scale for years. One show that is very popular ... "The Biggest Loser" ... is all about winning money for losing the most weight in a specific number of weeks. I don't watch it because I don't believe in rewarding people with money for taking care of themselves.
I agree with you about imperfections making someone unique and beautiful. Sadly, learning to live with imperfections is oftentimes a different story.
"Sadly, learning to live with imperfections is oftentimes a different story."
DeleteOnce you get past the idea that there is some kind of ideal to which one has to aspire, the "Barbie Doll Complex" if you will, then you will become more comfortable in your own skin. Acceptance is the secret to living a full and happy life.
At my age, I'm about as comfortable in my own skin as I'm going to get. Now then, if I can lose the few pounds I gained while on vacation, all will be right with the world.
DeleteProbably too much sausage ...
DeleteI recently read the #1 fear men have on a dating website is that they will meet someone fat. Then I also saw the owner of Aeropostale won't sell clothes above a size 10 for women because he doesn't want ugly fat people wearing his clothes...nice...and this is why fluffy people like me don't feel so pretty some days...
ReplyDeletewow, that's sad.. !
DeleteI don't feel real pretty right now..have a tummy bug..blech. Oh well, maybe I'll lose a few pounds!! :)
ReplyDelete..just trying to look at the bright side :(