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Body shaming can shred a woman's self-esteem and scar her for life. There is nothing more liberating than loving yourself as you are. Love your 'imperfect selves'.
Body shaming can shred a woman’s self-esteem and scar her for life. There is nothing more liberating than loving yourself as you are. Love your ‘imperfect selves’.
Living in the world of people who love me, Delusional I live with perfect glee… Love that has always been around in ample. A life so perfect it’s almost a scandal.
Let me now start from the beginning, For most, it wouldn’t mean a thing, Let us have a look at the childhood, I had everything that a child would,
And oh-so-affectionate a family, Always treated me well and gently… When I’d say, “Oh, thank you for the pretty dress”, She’d say, “My lovely, had you been a size less, it wouldn’t be so much of a mess”
“Oh but lovely you are, my dove” And I’d smile with all my love. I’d hear them say, “Oh what a great dancer, you are” “Just a little fat but amazing you are”
They’d praise, “Oh you’ve got a heart of gold” A flabby body but persona humble yet bold. With passing childhood came the teens, Growing up like any child it may seem,
I grew up and learnt to be wise, Wisdom didn’t quiet matter with my clothes doubling in size. I’d hear family and friends say, Should I say if I may?
You’ve grown up to have a lovely face, You should exercise to lose that weight, Staring at the mirror came the youth, Now let’s just look at the truth,
Lined up on my shelf came the awards I won, It’s great but you still are fat all said and done. So you can sing, dance, and paint and ride. You can throw a ball, and make it slide,
But, there are the eyes of people that never lie Reminding you of the truth that never dies, So what If you’ve got a good job, So what if you’re friends adore you a lot, No matter how hard you fight to be the perfect child, the perfect bride, Little did I know it will never be right.
You’ve got the moves, you’ve the face, But it’s always your plus size ass that sets the pace, The colors perfect, you’ve got this right, But isn’t the outfit a little too tight..
Oh don’t you pity me over this, Love isn’t something that I miss, I’ve loved and I’ve failed, For this I’ve never wailed.
Here I am, with a crime I never did, Life’s a bitch like the clothes that never fit. Oh now let’s get this straight, It’s no more just about the weight.
This is me, my imperfect self, A fun loving silly elf, Living in a world of people who love me, Delusional I live with perfect glee
Image Source: A Still from Tumhari Sulu
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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