Body Image

It took a while for me to decide whether or not I was going to upload this. I recently saw an article what mentioned a picture what had been taken down due to it being 'harmful'.

I took to Twitter and ended up having a conversation with a lovely person about it all. She asked me if I was going to write about it here. So I did.

The picture in question was a mannequin. Said mannequin had a thigh gap. People found this harmful. Therefore the picture had to be removed.

This really annoyed me as everyone comes in different shapes and sizes. No one can help the way they look. Damn, I have a thigh gap and I can't change that. It actually is really offending.

I mean you don't see people complaining about plus size mannequins do you? So why complain about thin mannequins?

Everyone at some point in their life will worry about their image. They will worry if they are too fat or too thin. They will worry if they don't think they are pretty enough. This is what media does to people. It makes people think that they have to have the right curves to be pretty. 

I think everyone is gorgeous in their own way. Please do not worry about the way you look. Embrace it. Love it. 

I never used to care about the way I looked until I was around 16. I started to see more models with the perfect bodies and though to my self well why can't I look like that?

I have learnt to not care about my weight. I don't care if I'm not perfect.

Excuse the horrid hair but this is the only full body shot I have of myself. This picture shows my thigh gap.

I used to get bullied in school about the way I looked. I think I just have one of those faces people hate (haha). 

I posted that picture because I have learnt to love myself for the way I am. If you don't you should too. 

In the end who cares what you look like as long as you are healthy? Being healthy and well is all that should matter.

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Hello girls (and guys if you're reading) this is a bit of a different post and I'm really sorry if it's all jumbled but I had to get my point across. I don't know how well this post is going to go down but it is my opinion. 

Thank you so much for reading. Let me know what your views on Body Image is down below.

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Katie

Xoxo