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butt-cat: lesbianoutlaw: rosietheriotgrrrl: randomlancila: Not smarter. Not nicer. Not better people. Not a scientist or an engineer or a teacher or a mother. Just thinner. We as a society have to remember that when we see ads on TV saying ‘LOSE 10 LBS N 10 DAYS!’ ‘GET RID OF THAT UGLY FAT!’ ‘TAKE THESE DIET PILLS!’, our children are seeing them too. When you’re complaining about how ‘fat’ you look in the mirror, your little sister or brother, your son or daughter, your cousin, the child you babysit, sees it. And they internalize it. It starts them on a LIFETIME of being obsessed with body image. They’re actually MORE likely to become obese because of hyper-awareness of body image and constantly feeling like they’re not good enough. They’re MORE likely to end up with an eating disorder. It has to stop. I can only hope that when I’m raising children I can keep them from having to feel like this. I know misconceptions of “fat” and my own body plagued me for years, making me feel horrible about myself. It needs to stop.  Nonsense. :( ugh makes me so sad. 

butt-cat:

lesbianoutlaw:

rosietheriotgrrrl:

randomlancila:

Not smarter. Not nicer. Not better people. Not a scientist or an engineer or a teacher or a mother. Just thinner.

We as a society have to remember that when we see ads on TV saying ‘LOSE 10 LBS N 10 DAYS!’ ‘GET RID OF THAT UGLY FAT!’ ‘TAKE THESE DIET PILLS!’, our children are seeing them too.

When you’re complaining about how ‘fat’ you look in the mirror, your little sister or brother, your son or daughter, your cousin, the child you babysit, sees it. And they internalize it. It starts them on a LIFETIME of being obsessed with body image. They’re actually MORE likely to become obese because of hyper-awareness of body image and constantly feeling like they’re not good enough. They’re MORE likely to end up with an eating disorder.

It has to stop.

I can only hope that when I’m raising children I can keep them from having to feel like this. I know misconceptions of “fat” and my own body plagued me for years, making me feel horrible about myself. It needs to stop. 

Nonsense.

:(

ugh makes me so sad. 

(Source: letstalkabouted)

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