Body Shaming Disgusts Me!!!

OKAY, SORRY I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND LATELY TO WRITE.  ITS NOT LIKE I HAVEN’T HAD A MILLION THINGS TO WRITE ABOUT BUT NOW THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER I HAVE A REAL URGE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS TOPIC – BODY SHAMING!!  IT REALLY CHEESES ME OFF.

SO MANY PEOPLE THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL WHEN I CALL MYSELF “FAT”, BUT I REALLY DON’T GET IT.  I DON’T FIND IT OFFENSIVE BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUTH.  I AM NOT A SKINNY PERSON, NOR AM I MORBIDLY OBESE.  I AM FAT!  I REALLY DON’T NEED PEOPLE TELLING ME I AM FAT BECAUSE ITS NOT LIKE I HAVEN’T LOOKED IN THE MIRROR LATELY, NOR HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO SHOP IN THE REGULAR SIZE SECTION OF A STORE IN THE LAST DECADE, BUT PERSONALLY, I AM OKAY WITH THAT.  HONESTLY, BEING OVERWEIGHT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, BUT THIS REALLY ISN’T WHAT MY POST IS ALL ABOUT TODAY.

I SPEND MY LIFE WRITING AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY PASSION, IT CONSISTS OF WATCHING A LOT OF TV AND CELEBRITIES, PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.  I HAVE BEEN SHOCKED BY SOME COMMENTS THAT COME OUT OF PEOPLE’S MOUTHS REGARDING THE APPEARANCE OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES; ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A NATURAL LOOK, OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT WAS MODIFIED THROUGH SURGERY.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HEAR PEOPLE SAY HOW AN ACTRESS SHOULD EAT A SANDWICH BECAUSE SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS STARVING, OR HOW AN INTERNATIONAL POP STAR SHOULD “GET OFF THE DRUGS” AND GAIN SOME WEIGHT.  ARE YOU FOR REAL??  SINCE WHEN WAS YOUR BODY PERFECTION???

THERE ARE SO MANY CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH EATING DISORDERS SIMPLY TO PLEASE THEIR AUDIENCES OR TO LAND A JOB.  IT BOGGLES MY MIND HOW SOCIETY IS STILL OBSESSED WITH IMAGES.  HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PERSON HAS BEEN THROUGH, OR THE REASONING BEHIND THE WAY THEY LOOK?  THEY COULD SIMPLY HAVE A SUPER FAST METABOLISM, OR HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT KEEPS THEM SKINNY OR HEAVIER; YOU DON’T KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR LIVES, SO ISN’T IT RATHER IGNORANT TO GIVE AN UNEDUCATED COMMENT ON THEM?

I HAVE BEEN IN MANY DISPUTES OVER THIS… SOMEONE WILL COMMENT ON A SINGER OR CELEBRITIES WEIGHT AND I WILL ASK WHAT THEIR WEIGHT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE.  DID THEIR WEIGHT RUIN THE SONG OR THEIR VOICE.  IF YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES, DID THEY SOUND ANY DIFFERENT?  NO??  THEN SHUT UP!!!

BODY SHAMING IS NOT OKAY IN MY BOOKS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WAY SOMEONE LOOKS… DON’T LOOK AT THEM.  BEFORE YOU JUDGE THEM, MAYBE YOU NEED TO TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK IN YOUR OWN MIRROR!! 

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS… A WHOLE LOT MORE LOVING AND A LOT LESS JUDGING!

~SORRY, BUT NOT SORRY!
 

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