Skin deep.

People think that skinny people aren't self-concious about their bodies. Lies.
People think naturally tiny people have no right to express any dislike about their size.
Also a lie.

This is the silent side of weight discrimination, and I'm about to bust it wide open.
You ready?

I weigh 93-98 pounds, depending on what day it is. I'm 5'2", and I've never been 100% good with my body.
Unlike larger girls who are uncomfortable with their shape, skinny girls are bullied into silence. Big girls get books, tv shows, inspirational talks given about them and their struggle accepting themselves.
Skinny girls, however, have nothing. We say one word about disliking our bodies, and the world turns on us. "Oh my gosh, shut up. Like you know anything about hating your body." "Whatever, I would kill to look like you."

The biggest myth about being skinny is that it makes life easier. Wrong. Underweight girls face just as many social, consumer, and health problems as overwreight girls do. If not more so. In order to make the overweight percentage of the female population feel better about themselves, society has started turning on skinny girls.
Talk show hosts have whole segments on why it's better to have curves, quotes like "nobody likes a skeleton" and "men want something to hold on to, not a toothpick" fill the Internet like a plague.
This method of dealing with overweight stigma is punishing the more hidden side of the situation.

Since everyone's general opinion is that skinny girls should shut up and be happy with themselves, we're forced into a suffering silence. Unable to express our emotions because of everyone else's preconceived notions.
Notions like:
They should just eat more if they want to be bigger.
At least they can wear what they want.
Etc..when in reality, those statements are totally false. But because the percent of overweight women is increasing, the skinny side is growing more and more surpressed and bullied.

So, in a nutshell. Don't make assumptions, don't belittle others' battles, and don't wish yourself skinny.

Over and out.
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-Anna