Dear world, I’d like to call for an end to the phrase “real women have curves.”

Guess what? All women are real women. All women have the right to feel beautiful. Using the word “real” to describe an average-sized or larger woman is just as denigrating as saying that thinness is the only route to beauty. It’s not just untrue, it’s buying into this whole idea that as women, we have to be pitted against each other — why does one group have to become the scapegoat, the enemy, the Other?

You are who you are, whether you’re a Gabourey or a Carey, a ScarJo or a Keira, a Casey Wilson or a Kristen Wiig. Celebrate your beauty, live a healthy life. But don’t let your happiness come at the expense of others’.

We are all real.

I came across this entry on Tumblr so I take no credit for that ^; someone I follow reblogged another person and so forth and it ended up on my dashboard.

Anyway, I always hated that saying, that real women have curves. Women come in all shapes and sizes and who is to say that only one type of women is the “real” one? This only plays into the minds of young girls and even older women who don’t think they are beautiful because the media is always putting out an image of who we should all aim to be.

My digital essay will most likely revolve around body image because it’s something I have recently been learning to overcome and I think all girls of all shapes, sizes, colors, etc, should always feel beautiful.