Body image is a major issue in America today. You don't need a Ph.D. to see the importance of body image, body shaming, and a woman's weight. Every magazine, tabloid, and pop culture show has mentioned the topic of the female physic in some form or another. Whether they are trashing body shamers or showing off the new borderline anorexic model, social media is a forerunner in the issue. Everyone seems to have a different opinion on what is an isn't ideal, how we should treat each other, what a female should look like. I say enough!

When did a size seven become anything but what it is, a pant size? Why do we call girls thick? Why does it have to be that every time I look in the mirror I feel like crying because my stomach isn't flat? Would you look at a baby and say it was fat? Then why would you say it to someone who can comprehend what you're saying? It is never okay to make someone feel anything less than beautiful, it is never okay to make someone feel insecure because of their weight. No matter the waist size every girl is beautiful for the person she is on the inside. It doesn't matter if her stomach isn't flat, if there's no gap between her thighs, she is beautiful. No girl should look in a mirror and think she looks too fat. No girl should have to ask her friends if she's too fat to wear the outfit she wants. Rock it, own your body, be confident in your skin. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. You are the only you and that is a wonderful thing, never let size lesson your value.

It goes the other way as well. Just because body shaming has focused on heavy set women, doesn't mean we should start shamming those who are not. The worst way to solve a problem is by doing the exact same thing as the person who originally done wrong. Two lefts can never make a right. It only makes matters worse, it only adds to the problem when we shift the hate, the shamming, from person to person. Nothing was ever solved through hate, nothing will ever be solved through hate. When we stop hating on people for the way they look and start loving people for who they are we'll all be so much happier. Just remember, no matter what anyone says, no matter what you think when you look in the mirror, you are beautiful, you are unique, and you should never change your self to make someone else happy.