Comments on: Toilet Bowl Blues: At Least I’m Not Fat

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:37:17 +0000

Ok, you can say it, you hate me. I am one of those women who doesn’t excercise, and eats poorly, and never puts on a pound. But believe me when I say, I would change that in a hear beat! What I wouldn’t give to have hips, or, especially, BREASTS! Do you think that as a grown woman I love having the body of a 12 year old boy? Maybe it is true that the grass is always greener on the other side, but I have spent a lot of time wishing I could be on the other side of this fence. Women are not meant to be stick thin, and looking like an emaciated bag of bones is NOT sexy. I can not fill out clothes meant for women (they always sag and bag in the hips and chest). Everyday I am being told that I should be so thrilled to be thin, and that I should appreciate having a perfect life, simply because I look more like the front of a magazine than the other women I know. It was extremely confusing as a young girl to feel so out of place, and unahppy with my body, even when everyone else was telling me they were jelouse. Did they not think that I wasn’t jelouse of them having breasts at 15, when I still didn’t have any at 20? Life, clothing shopping, etc. is not necessarily easier for thin women. I really wish my more curvacious friends would stop complaining about their weight, and learn to love the fact that they have real women’s bodies. Maybe it is due to by different prespective on this topic, but I really believe we all need to just be happy with what we are given, and learn to love ourselves in spite of our “flaws”, and realise that these things we dislike about ourselves aren’t necessarily even flaws at all, just a beautiful part of who we are, and what makes us individuals.

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By: Anliz

Anliz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:18:39 +0000

Hum .. OK this is kindahard for me to tell but. Hum i’ve had some “disorders” but i got through them and honestly all i want to tell to the guys who give the top models the job , all i want to tell them is ; FUCK
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All I Want For Christmas is a Salad, Hold the Dressing. « — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:47:01 +0000

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By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:57:41 +0000

It is! I haven’t finished it yet because I had to give it back….but I definitely love the perspective of this young author….

-Harlequin

By: EvilSlutClique

EvilSlutClique — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:52:54 +0000

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters is a really awesome book.

By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:54:43 +0000

We have made a lot of progress…and when I was younger I used to google stuff about body fat, and tummies, and even my hips. I read some things that made me feel better about myself, because I realized i AM normal.

Thanks for the comment!

-Harlequin

By: dollyann

dollyann — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:34:43 +0000

I’ve never suffered from an eating disorder, but I think like most American women I’ve endured a lot of insecurity about my body and my overall appearance. It’s hard not to, considering we’re bombarded everyday with images of Photoshopped women (and even then, at what point do we realize they’re photoshopped–before or after the damage is done?) But the good thing, I guess, is that it’s not impossible to learn to love ourselves. I really credit the feminist and size acceptance movements with helping me work past a lot of my body issues. Reading blogs like this is reassuring and creates a different (in my opinion, more accurate) reality for me to reflect on.

By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:11:54 +0000

I completely agree – I most definitely still have my moments of insecurity. I refuse to even pick up magazine because I just know they will make me feel bad about myself…

Thanks for the comment!

-Harlequin

By: BigGirlBlue

BigGirlBlue — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:20:57 +0000

It’s so hard for women to get over what we perceive everyone else thinks about us. Our body image is so morphed from reality. I’m so glad we have celebrity role models (of sorts) that haven’t gone down the road to ‘slim and beyond trim’ but they are so few and far between.