I've seen this picture one too many times. and my opinion may not matter to you, but I'll feel better if I write it anyway.
so, ovbiously the dove REAL beauty campaign is replicating the Victoria Secret love your body photo. cool. I get it. Victoria Secret models are thin. and toned. but isn't that their job? last time I checked, they do get paid to model and they work hard for their bodies. and no one should discriminate against that. news flash: there are women who are born thin. yes, and I am one of them. I'm naturally thin. I'm not bragging about that, sometimes I hate it. sometimes I love it. but that's me. my body. and I'm tired of people coming up to me and asking if I eat, um yes I eat. I love ice cream. I'm a human person and I love to eat. I'm tired of people asking me if I have an eating disorder. no, no I don't. and that would break my heart if I did and you asked me that. women really struggle with that. it's a real life situation. but, just because I look a little too skinny for your liking doesn't mean I'm anorexic. because you know what? God made my body skinny. God made bodies curvy, thin, big boned, pear shaped, muscular. He made all kinds. that's the uniqueness of our big, mighty God. He made each person different. I know, I know. It's only natural for our society to pick on skinny ladies. I don't understand it, really. It hurts my feelings when I get called out on being skinny. excuse me, but what if I called you out on being too big for my liking? we, as woman, are our biggest enemies. I mean, we don't dress up and try to look good for the men. let's be honest, I want women to notice how stylish I look. so why do we think it's okay to bring other women down on this issue? we. are. the. worst. rather you like it or not, victoria secret models are thin and toned because they get paid to be thin and toned. end of story. but they are also REAL women. they have real feelings, real life problems, real issues. no one should get called out for being too skinny, too fat, too muscular, too toned because it hurts. it really does. all my life, people joke about skinny woman, but it's not funny anymore. we should all love the body we have, take care of the body we have. hey, if you like to eat salad and fruit, eat it. If you like eat ice cream and chips, eat it. If you like to cross fit and lift weights, girl, you go. if you like to practice yoga and Pilates, do it. If you like to run/walk/jog, more power to you sister! If you like to sit on your couch and watch Netflix, I'm not stopping you. if baking is your thing, bake your heart out. my point: do you. do what makes you happy. and what makes you feel like a woman. change the world with your faith, your actions, your heart. empower and lift women up. we all need it, daily. I'm preaching to myself too, here.
I, Brooke, promise to love my body even when I hate it. even when I want to change it, even when I feel down, even when i eat a whole tub of ice cream, even when I finish a 2 hour workout, even when I get old. I promise to lift others up, no matter their body shape. I promise to be the good in this world, be the light of Christ when I feel like it's raining in my life. I promise to be me, simply because God made me, just how He wanted me.
much love,
Brooke
