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A THREAD THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID! PLEASE READ!tw:addressing body shaming because i’m tired of it being normalized and taken as a joke.
ppl who tell others to lose weight bc they’re “concerned for their health” don’t actually care about ur health, bc if they did they would know+
ppl who tell others to lose weight bc they’re “concerned for their health” don’t actually care about ur health, bc if they did they would know+
mental health is also technically a form of health. those people just want an excuse to fat shame. ppl need to stop worrying about others bodies.
and plus, they wouldn’t bully someone if letting them know they’re concerned was their intention.
and can i add, you have no business in being concerned about someone else’s body.. especially if you’re a stranger to them. if they’re not concerned YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE CONCERNED, unless it’s kinda bad (like,, 600+)
i’m aware some people do genuinely care about people,but a majority do not. if someone is just living their best life and their curves happen to be showing, you do not need to bring them down. in fact, life them up! and let them live!
there are people out there who say “you dropped this
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then there are those people who say “yeah and that won’t be long” when someone comments “guys stop bullying him/her/them! they’re just living their best life!”
then there are those who make the lizzo joke, which 1) lizzo is such a powerful and talented woman, and body shaming her is not cute or a personality trait. her body conference is so hard to get.. she inspires me
then we got the people who just straight up body shame: i will never understand how people can bully someone off of their weight, skin color, sexuality, height, etc
then we got the ones who tell overweight people to “stop eating” 1) if you’re going to become that persons doctor all of a sudden, you would know starving yourself isnt the way to go! when you starve yourself, your body holds onto your fat cells, meaning, it’s almost impossible+
to lose weight, if your body is holding onto it.
then we got the MEN (and some women) who say girls who are over 130-200 arent attractive, first of all we don’t want you, you dumb lizard lookin ass bitch, and if you don’t accept someone because of their weight you can LEAVE
then we got the people who say “you’re unhealthy” or “being obese is not something to celebrate” wow! thank you for the eye opener! sorry for feeling confident you dumb fuck!
i saw someone being happy with their body and then they said “i’m gonna tag all my favorite obese ladies” and the comment section did NOT pass the vibe check. just let her live?? if celebrating makes her happy then LET HER
then we got the people who say “bring bullying back” no..let’s not. that could cause (tw) suicide, body image issues, lower their self confidence, and it most certainly will not cause weight loss. but you know what will? encouraging them and telling them they’re pretty.
and, i can tell you from personal experience, bullying does not encourage weight loss.
(tw) it encourages suicidal thoughts, and can lead to anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders.
bullying i guess worked for some people? but that does not mean we should bring it back..i mean if bullying helped you lose weight, i’m sorry that’s how it happened but do NOT encourage people to bully others for them to lose weight.not everyone has the same mental stability as u
someone should be able to wear, act, eat, and LIVE how they want without judgement from other people. you are not their doctor, so do not worry about their body. if you happen to be worried about them, please address it to them KINDLY, there’s no need to be rude about it.
losing weight is not as easy as putting it on, and some people do not have the time to work out (and if someone doesn’t want to work out,that does NOT make them lazy) they don’t have the money for a gym, or they just don’t have the motivation.
please do not assume something based off of what you see on the outside. we are human too. yes, under all this fat there IS a heart. i know, hard to believe right?
you don’t know if that person has a disorder that causes for them to gain weight, but also makes it so they cannot lose it. you don’t know if that person is going through a hard time in their life. you don’t know if there’s a REASON theyre overweight or if there’s a reason+
they’re not losing weight. losing weight is so hard, and when there are strangers, peers, and adults telling you what to do with your body, it makes it so much harder.
so please, if you see someone who is overweight getting harassed in the comments, please hype them up. tell them they’re pretty. guess what? you don’t even have to mean it. the person won’t know u didn’t mean it.but i promise u it’ll make them smile. it takes 2 seconds to be kind
shaming someone for being “too skinny” is the exact same thing as body shaming overweight people. putting weight on is not easy for some people.(tw) you don’t know if that person is recovering from an eating disorder, or literally if that’s just how their body is.
(i think this is a good time to add body shaming is NOT just when u shame overweight people)
like wtf? u shame someone for being too fat.. too skinny... what do you want from us? just say u hate people being happy with their bodies and go.
(i don’t know much about being shamed for being too skinny so i apologize for not mentioning it as much as i did with shaming obese people)
then we have big apps&companies. example/ tiktok literally REMOVES videos of big girls in bikinis, (and they remove poc videos too!) basically, they’re teaching young people you have to be skinny straight and white to be pretty, when that is not true!
i’ve also noticed on tiktok, overweight men don’t really get body shamed as much as overweight ladies. (before any of u say it.. yes i’m aware men still get body shamed!! i’m not saying they don’t!! i’m just saying i notice how females are shamed more. we have a stereotype on us)
can we also normalize body hair on females while we’re here on this topic? if men say it’s not hygienic and that hair holds odor.. why is it normal for men to have hair on their bodies? they don’t get told they’re
not taking care of their body properly/don’t care about their body if they have leg hair, armpit hair, arm hair, etc
but moving on from that,
before i end this thread, just because someone says they are not bothered by hate comments, does not mean they actually aren’t affected. “but it’s just a comment” it doesn’t matter if it’s just a comment.. body shaming jokes are not cute.
it’s 5am rn and i started this at 3:50 so i hope u read thishttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">can u believe a 13 yr old is saying common sense that adults and most teenagers can’t! that’s how simple being kind is! and that’s also how much of an issue body shaming is, if a 13 year old just said all of that..
why am i bringing up my age? (someones bound to think it) well.. it’s to show that if a ‘child’ understands this issue and how it needs to be stopped, then so should adults.
anyway, goodnight! normalize not being racist, homophobic, fatphobic, transphobic, (etc) and normalize being normal(kind!)
