Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Unrealistic Skinny


there is this standard of setting a trend of being that one
ballsy person that stood-up-for-full-figured-women-everywhere.
"she's anorexic", "society has an unrealistic perspective on perfection",
"our daughter's are watching"
is this not realistic that people are born with smaller figures? with skin
barely draping their bones and a metabolism that should win Grammy's
for it's performance? what makes a large woman more beautiful and
realistic than a tall, skinny woman?
the reality is that these woman provoking such asinine claims are the same ones
who struggle with their inner peace.
the same woman who has the daughter who pinches her thighs only because she
learned from watching the best.
the same woman who is screaming from the rooftops "justice for the fat lady" because she is
wrongfully treated by society, yet in the same breath is screaming "skinny is
disgusting".
the same woman who is fighting for size equality, as long as it doesn't include skinny.
the same woman who genuinely thinks she is fighting a good fight for unity across
the board for women everywhere, yet creates a division great than Moses and the
Red Sea.
the same woman that is pointing fingers out saying "this is not beauty", all the while
insinuating beauty is only skin deep.
the same woman who goes to sleep at night thinking she has fought a good fight,
but really joined forces with the opposition.
the reality is we are in a society where it's justifiably O.K. to say "Oh my gosh,
you're so skinny", "You've lost so much weight!", to a co-worker, but to turn around and say,
"You're so fat", could make a person millions richer in a lawsuit.
fight your good fight, but leave judgement out of it. be who you need to be to make yourself
happy, but don't set a standard to defend those who don't need defending.
some people are comfortable being skinny, some are comfortable with their "more
cushion for the push'in", but don't you dare try to live in someone else's shoes.

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