Necklace: Forever 21, Dress: Forever 21, Clutch: made by me, Shoes: Khol’s
Over on Rachele’s blog there are some positive vibes spreading across the internet with her I Am Proud Of My Size link up. The best thing about her link up is that she is inviting ALL sizes to join. Often times I feel excluded from the love your body campaigns because I am a size 1. Listen, I get it. Nobody feels sorry for the skinny girl and I’m not asking for sympathy here, but as I said in my “Real Women Have Curves” rant, let’s stop saying things like “real women” because I’m pretty sure it’s my vagina that makes me a “real woman”, not the size of my pants.
I agree that fat people receive much more criticism than skinny people, but a girl who is flat chested can be just as insecure as a girl who is heavy set. Breasts are a symbol of womanhood and in our society the bigger the better. I was teased by boys in school about my flat chest and it made me feel unattractive. People would constantly make remarks like, “Oh my god! How much do you weigh?” with their face twisted in disgust as if being skinny is distasteful. Commenting on a woman’s body (skinny or fat) in a negative tone is offensive and people do it without thinking twice.
The hormonal high school Tera hated her body, but I’m not that girl anymore. I can’t say I’m not critical of myself at times when clothes don’t fit right, but the older I get, the more confident I get and I’ve been working my way up to not caring about ignorant comments from people who don’t think before they speak.
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9 comments
Comment by ryan on July 27, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Sweet Lord you are gorgeous! How did I get so lucky! I love you
-Ryan
Comment by Becky Bedbug on July 28, 2012 at 7:41 am
This is such an amazing post!
I’m pretty chubby but I have always been SO ANNOYED by the whole “real women” thing. Real women are not curvy. Real women are not fat. Real women are not always born women. A real woman is anybody who judges themselves to be a woman.
Becky
xx
http://www.beckybedbug.com
Comment by Jay on July 28, 2012 at 6:35 pm
I adore your entire outfit. I am nowhere near a size 1 but I know how you feel. I have always been skinny and at times have even been called anorexic, even though I eat like crazy. And also, I hate how hard it is to find a bra in my size that isn’t designed for preteen girls. Ugh.
Comment by Red on July 30, 2012 at 11:02 am
Cute outfit, great thoughtful post. LOVE LOVE LOVE how your Manimal was the first poster. You guys are great!
Comment by Sara on July 30, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Haha! Your vagina does make you a woman! That made me lol. I want to link up too!
Comment by Rachele on August 1, 2012 at 10:58 pm
I agree! Woman power! You look hot <3
Comment by Andrea on August 6, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Just a heads up, a vagina doesn’t make you a woman–you feeling that you’re a woman does! Saying a vagina is what makes you a woman excludes those who feel they are a woman, but may not have biological female parts.
Also, I agree that “real women” campaigns/comments are ridiculous. I hope you realize that as a thin woman, you do have significant body privilege that most fat folks do not.
Comment by Tera Sue on August 7, 2012 at 9:56 am
The vagina thing was just a joke. I wasn’t excluding transgendered/transsexual/transvestites I was just making fun of the “real women have curves” way of thinking.
I’m not feeling sorry for myself for being skinny. I’m simply saying that EVERY woman should love their body and appreciate that every woman is different. We should empower each other, not just by boosting the self esteem of the girls who are judged more harshly, but we should also enjoy differences in the world and allow skinny women to feel good about their bodies too without making them feel guilty that we have “privileges”.
Comment by Anne Marie on August 7, 2012 at 5:16 pm
I have to admit that this isn’t a perspective that I can see at times! I usually assume that thin woman are happy and don’t or shouldn’t have body image issues. Thank you for this post! I needed to be told this! I need to adjust my thinking obviously.