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Respect Your Body: “The Earth Isn’t Flat…and Neither are Our Stomachs”

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The media skews our perception of what is real. Fight back and love your body! Image from Google Images.
The media, like this fun-house mirror, skews our perception of what is real. Fight back and love your body!
Image from Google Images.

By Morgan Paul

I’ve always been a bigger girl, and it’s been frustrating when I look at “plus size models” and see smooth skin and flat stomachs. I thought that the point of plus size models was to show an average woman’s body? I (now) wouldn’t say that I’m far from average size, but when I see cellulite and belly fat I still get insecure. Then I remind myself that media portrayals are just that, they are not real women. They are Photoshop and expensive lighting. I loved this article, titled “The Earth isn’t Flat… and Neither are Our Stomachs,” and it even sparked an idea to do a photo shoot of all sized women, nude and unedited.

I hope all of you enjoy the article as much as I did!