BARED OF BEAUTY
How does body shaming change a person? Or, how much does it change a person's perspective of themselves? Do you hear their confidence shattering? Do you see self hatred looming in their eyes? How many of us have been subjected to constant unsolicited reminders from friends, family, colleagues and even total strangers about how our body could be "thinner", to "work" on that waist and make it a little "slimmer", to try and "reduce" or "increase" the size of those breasts, to put on "weight" and "look healthier", to make that butt a little "firmer", to "tone down" that a body a bit......all so that you could finally fit in and be deemed "attractive" or "beautiful" in the eyes of a society that sets unattainable standards of beauty by manipulating and brainwashing the mass for mainstream beauty businesses to grow. I personally have been forever shamed and taunted eve