As I was watching a movie on TV with my boyfriend the other night, I realized how our culture tries to make us feel like crap. Really! In a three-minute block of commercials, we watched as companies tried to sell us makeup, a sports car, and hair products that would make us desirable and happier. Ugh.
I'm so glad I am no longer pulled in by those ads and commercials. Stick-thin women and muscular men, both wearing half their weight in makeup and/or extremely photoshopped...this kind of thing used to make me feel as though I wasn't good enough. Now I simply roll my eyes or even laugh.
When the movie we were watching came back on, I was relieved. We were actually watching The Hunger Games, and I gushed over Jennifer Lawrence. Pretty sure she's my girl-crush. Here is a young woman with a body that is feminine and natural-looking and BEAUTIFUL! Even Josh Hutcherson is hot in his stocky, not-so-tall way.
When asked why she didn't get teeny-tiny for her role in The Hunger Games (watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3HU7e1XrYA), Jennifer Lawrence said that her character is someone that little girls look up to and want to emulate. She didn't want to look like an emaciated walking stick.
YESSSSSSSSSSS
The media isn't totally to blame for eating disorders; I know that. However, all the hype about celebrity diets, exercise routines, and being thin, thin, thin certainly don't help fuel positive body image - for anyone.
Thankfully, I've learned to break free from the grip that the media had on me, and I now surround myself with body positivity. That doesn't mean I don't have poor body image days, but I now know that I want a strong, healthy body; one that can eat a cookie or a salad; run a mile or laze around on the couch. A strong, healthy body that can help me live life to the fullest.
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