Body shaming is defined as “the action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size” (Oxford Dictionary). This goes for all body types; whether you're very skinny or plus sized. And I for one am SICK of body shaming. I see it happen almost everyday, and everywhere I go. I’ll be walking down a street when I’ll hear a comment made about someone walking the other way, either about how they need to “eat a damn cheeseburger” or “lay off the McDonald’s”. NEITHER OF THESE COMMENTS ARE OKAY! The fact is, every body is made differently. As well as how every body changes differently. People loose weight, gain weight, or stay the same weight for most of their lives; both men and women! Most likely, the person making these comments about others body sizes have lost or gained weight themselves. So if your body changes, how can you mock, humiliate, and make comments about the body of someone else? The next time that you’re about to make a comment about someone to their face or to someone you’re with, think before you speak. Here are some powerful body shaming quotes, that people should think of for the future.

"BEING SKINNY IS OK. NOT BEING SKINNY IS OK. HAVING CURVES IS OK. NOT HAVING CURVES IS OK. BASHING SOMEONE FOR THEIR BODY TYPE IS NOT OKAY."

"Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise."- Hanne Blank

"No more body shaming! Big or small, short or tall, none of us are beautiful if we tear others down to build ourselves up."

"There is NOTHING wrong with your body, but there is a lot wrong with the messages which try to CONVINCE you otherwise."- Rae Smith

"Abs are cool. No abs are cool. Big butts are cool. Small butts are cool. Having curves is cool. Not having curves is cool. Being lean is cool. Not being lean is cool. You know what's not cool? Telling someone else how they should or shouldn't look."

"I am so sick of body shaming. "You're too fat." "You're too thin." Well you're too much of an asshole so STFU."

"To all the girls that think you're fat because you're not a size zero, you're the beautiful one; it's society who's ugly." -Marilyn Monroe