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My Feminist Utopia

We live in a society where social media is a big part of our daily lives. And when that happens, we often compare ourselves to others like family members, celebrities, and even strangers. More so, women compare themselves to other women. This is because our society believes that every girl needs to be a particular body type to be beautiful. If you are skinny many would say your too thin you need to eat more, and on the other hand, if you are plus-sized, they say you need to go to then the gym, eat healthier, and less. Self-image has become a large issue in our society where more girls are not even accepting themselves in their bodies. Many now skip meals, don’t eat for days, and do dangerous diets to lose weight, leading to medical problems like eating disorders and other health risk factors that we tend to forget. 

 

In my feminist Utopia, I would want every single girl and woman to love their bodies and never feel they are less than anyone with no body-shaming and accept who they are. Where no girl or woman would compare themselves to anyone, they are perfect in their way. To even the extent of canceling the diet culture and rather than limiting your body to certain foods, you listen to your body and fuel yourself with the foods you want. Not having any shame or regret when eating what you wanted. Which leads to social media, rather than feeling wrong about our self-image, we praise every girl and woman and embrace every body type. The dream is to accept and normalize every body type. I want this feminism movement to empower every girl's self-image.

Inspiration 

Lizzo shuting down the haters.

 A figure like Lizzo is what many girls see as a role model not just because of her music but also because of her body empowerment. Lizzo being on the plus-size celebrity shows young girls to love their bodies in any shape and form. Lizzo has been accused of “glorifying” an unhealthy lifestyle and shamed when she wears clothes that show her body. On the contrary, she shut down the haters in this simple yet robust video, saying, "I'm not working out to have your ideal body type. I'm working out to have my ideal body type." This is a prime example that everyone should be focused on becoming their version of their ideal body type, then comparing yourself to others. That does not make your body type ugly what so ever. The normalizing and embracing of her own body is inspiring many girls to find their body type. The only person you will have to please is yourself, so don't listen to what people say. 

Social Media vs. Real Life

The TED Talk talked about living in an era of social media, constantly and endlessly comparing ourselves to women on social media. With now measuring the likes and comments we receive when posting what kind of followers we have—creating this harmful and toxic environment within ourselves. Teenage girls are more negatively affected by social media than adolescent boys. This happens because when scrolling down Instagram, we often compare ourselves to celebrities. This leads us to forget all the photoshop in those types of pictures, and not to mention the professional photographer, getting their makeup and hair done professionally. Never compare yourself to them.

Normalizing Bodies

This year Tiktok has been a social media platform that many young teenage girls go on. Often scrolling through the for you page, there are many videos of girls having perfect bodies and getting attention from everyone because of how the social construct views women. This shows many young girls that they are not good enough, leading them to skip meals, starve for days just because society has taught girls to look a certain way to be in order to be beautiful. However, a Tiktok star Sienna Mae Gomez is normalizing all body types. Post by post inspiring girls like myself that it is expected to have belly rolls when sitting down. She is promoting body confidence and changing the app, making other stars follow her in embracing their bodies at any state. This video shows herself in a bikini sitting down then right after posing if she would post a picture for  Instagram. In establishing the difference in how her body looks when posing and not, it is normalizing and breaking down the “perfect body” norms.

Instagram vs. Reality

These women are a prime example of what they show on the media and the reality of what their bodies look like without any posing, photoshop, and filter. This is a reminder that it is normal to have belly fat, stretch marks, love handles and bloating. It is all apart of the human body, and that is what makes every single person unique. We only want to post pictures that we look our best in. When we see famous people like the Kardashians, we see them with perfect bodies and often feel low about ourselves. However, these women are proof that posing is everything, and don’t forget it!

Encouraging Quotes

Pintrest 

There is not a lot of post in normalizing every body type when it comes to social media. When a girl does post about body positivity, it is a self-reminder that I am beautiful even when I do eat big meals and being bloated. By seeing quotes like these reminds me to be body positive and body confident. When women start supporting women we would be able to see this change in feminisminst movement.

Hype Playlists

Spotify 

The music industry has been changing in many ways, like empowering women. For example, Megan Thee Stallion, City Girls, Cardi B, and many women are changing how women empower their bodies. For these women to put out music like this, they inspire women to be themselves and, don't let anyone tell you are not good enough and most notably, to emprace who you are. These playlists were made to hype every girl out there and remember that you are beautiful no matter what size you are. 

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