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Body shaming young people for their weight or looks is just not ok, especially when done by those close to them.
So I was reading a blog today by a teenage girl which was written anonymously by her with a title ‘And that’s how it is’
She started to write with “they said”, and I believe it all starts from they said or what will they say….
She continued to write, “I have to lose around 15 pounds, to make my mom a little less embarrassed by the weight I am carrying.”
It was clear about what she is going through. Why is it like – “for the girls, diet coke! And for the boys a regular one?” And then the people around us ask why the hell is she suffering from eating disorders?
And the most important question or a fact: the worst body shaming comes from the family or relatives, why? It’s not funny just because you are my family, or a friend close to me…
She continued, “My classmates discuss about what a waste of pretty face it is, with that body.”
Firstly, what a waste of your education with that mind!
“What should I do when my mom tells me to look at myself naked in the mirror and realise how fat I am?”
To the girl who wrote this, I would like to tell you, that yes look at yourself naked in the mirror and admire the beauty of the ‘perfect’ body you have, and it’s nothing like “If you loose weight, someone will love you ”
If someone loves you, they will love you for who you are, and if they try to change you or your shape, size or colour, they are not worth of your love.
Image source: a still from the film Gippy
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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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