Stop telling women that we should find ourselves beautiful and that we should love ourselves when you are standing right there, judging us on how our knees look in short skirts and how prominent our boobs are in a sweater and how much makeup we are or are not wearing.
Instead of us working harder on “love your body” and “find your inner beauty”, the rest of the world should be working harder on “stop telling women their bodies are a shameful place to live but that if they’re strong enough, they will learn to embrace that shame.”
This is my body. It’s not “beautiful”. I don’t “love it”. I don’t have to. I don’t have to have any strong feelings about my body. And whatever feelings I do have are not somehow invalid if they’re not glowing reviews.
Elyse Mofo, “Don’t Tell Me to Love My Body” (via teensweetheart)
THANK YOU. This is what I think every time I read one of those frequently reblogged comments telling me that I’m smart and strong…oh, and gorgeous, too.
(via gehayi)
(Source: nightrevelations, via analysethisinkblot)
i-wish-i-didnt-kiss-the-mirror:
i have this problem where i isolate myself from civilization and then get upset because i feel lonely
my life in a text post
(via never-fear)
