I took this picture for a class but I thought it was so powerful.
The beautiful girl to the left has struggled with being called slut whore skank ect because she has well double D’s.
Me, on your right, I’ve always been told especially by guys that I need to “grow bigger boobs”.
But we are who we are. She is big and I am small and that should be okay. Don’t let the world tell you what you should look like.
@coloradoanatelophobic This is a fantastic image, and speaks volumes. You both have beautiful bodies. I was a naturally skinny teenager, and I was flat-chested until I started to gain weight in my twenties. At school I was bullied about my chest by boys and girls - I dreaded the PE changing rooms, where I got laughed at cos I didn’t even have a bra. I felt it was very unfair that Kate Moss could get away with an A-cup and couldn’t! I was jealous of my curvy cousin, who had a C-cup aged 11 and got loads of attention from boys. But she hated her boobs cos they got in the way when she needed to run for a bus, and she was treated like a piece of meat by the boys.
That’s one of the many reasons I love ‘My Mad Fat Diary’. There’s a lovely scene where three girls of varying sizes go bra shopping, and are all welcomed and catered for. It reinforces the show’s message of body positivity. Watching the show, and being part of the mutally-supportive MMFD fandom, where body positivity is actively encouraged, has really taught me a lot about my attitude to my own and other people’s bodies. It has helped me to be more aware of my prejudices and privilege (I am white, cis, able-bodied), and changed how I think about what I used to view as my body’s ‘faults’. It has also motivated me to change how I speak about my body - especially in front of my young nieces - I do not criticise it or apologise for it anymore, to others or myself!
