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I want to kick off my week with an issue that is very important to me. This is going to be a really, REALLY long thread, so bear with me, but I want to make sure that in my week, there is no room for commenters bullying people die their looks. Not for anything to
I want to kick off my week with an issue that is very important to me. This is going to be a really, REALLY long thread, so bear with me, but I want to make sure that in my week, there is no room for commenters bullying people die their looks. Not for anything to
be fair, but especially not for their looks. This is because self love, body positivity, body neutrality and overal mental health is one of my key tools to make it through life. That's why I'm starting off with this thread, so let's go!
First of all, let me start by saying that
First of all, let me start by saying that
if any of you feels unhappy with how they look, who they are or how they feel mentally: I know how you feel. I'm currently pretty happy with myself, but I have come a very long way. The how's and why's aren't important right now, but simply put: it ain't easy being true to
yourself and happy with yourself, in a society that wants to change you 24/7. So don't worry: I understand if you aren't there yet. But I do have hope. For you and for our society. I know that there is a long, LONG way to go until we reach the state in where we can really see
that beauty comes from within, but I have hope for the future, and I don't think it's really that far away. Changes have to be made, but hear me out: in the last few decades, the world of beauty has changed quite a bit, buy you don't notice it when you're in the
middle of it, but looking back, it's a little easier to spot the changes.
- From the sixties to the zero's, thin, thinner, thinnest was in fashion. If you were a little bit bigger, there were no clothes for you. Nowadays, it's still not on par with straight sizes, but people of
- From the sixties to the zero's, thin, thinner, thinnest was in fashion. If you were a little bit bigger, there were no clothes for you. Nowadays, it's still not on par with straight sizes, but people of
size have actual options to be sexy, trendy and wear affordable clothes. -Right up until 3 years ago, finding a matching shade of foundation was nearly impossible as a woman of colour. It was 15 shades of beige, one colour called tan and one colour called chocolate; that was it.
