Ever since I was little I’ve always been kind of
chubby. I grew out of it for the
most part but when I was little I got made fun of a lot for it. And I guess it
really didn’t help that my sister was seven years older than me (sixteen at the
time), short, beautiful, blonde, blue eyes, big lips, and Anorexic. At the age
of nine I thought that I was never going to really live up to her standards.
How was I going to ever look as beautiful as her?
Now, Nora (my sister) is recovering from her
Anorexia and is really healthy. Which is like the best thing ever! She has told
me so many stories and just things that she thinks about that has helped me
understand why Anorexia and Bulimia have become almost like a fashion trend.
Girls post pictures on social networking site of their ribs, thigh gaps, collar
bones, pretty much a picture of every bone that sticks out of their bodies. Why?
Because it’s “fashionable’”. Why a bone that every person has is fashionable,
is beyond me.
“Pro-Ana” and “Pro-Mia” are nicknames given to
sites or blogs or Twitter accounts that are Pro Anorexia and Pro Bulimia. The fact
that these eating disorders are being treated like it’s a blessing to have them
just show how society is affecting young women in a whole other way.
I was always really chubby as a kid, and I never really grew out it. I have always had weight fluctuations and I try really hard to maintain, except my body hates me. LOL. I am glad your sister is in recovery. I know that recovering from such a shattering body image perception can be extremely hard, but I did it myself. I used to hate everything about myself but now I love my body. You are given this body for a reason and no one is gonna fit the same body image. It's impossible. Every single body is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'm tiny and I don't even have a thigh gap. I don't know how little someone would have to weigh in order to have one. Of course people are built differently and if you naturally have a space between your thighs that's okay, but we shouldn't be told that we NEED to have one to be beautiful, that's the problem.
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