Size Police Buzz Off
The Size Police come in all shapes and sizes. You meet them in your extended families, in schools, in potential employers….and expectations of the perfect body are flaunted in gossipy magazines and Hollywood drama. Everyone secretly wants to be be perfect looking. Yeah I know they say “I’m happy with my body….” but there are moments when you wish or at least give up on wishing that you were perfect.
How do you deal with the Size Police?
Now if you are a certain size- be it fat or skinny- think about whether you are healthy or not. If not, then you have to work on yourself. Even if you are healthy, there is nothing wrong with leading a sensible enough healthy lifestyle. The point is your size is your problem. And if someone talks to you about the way you look like it’s a random topic(like the weather), I’d say pay no heed.
That’s easier said than done. Now with BMI coming out in report cards and the Nanny phenomena on the catwalk, there is a lot of policing when it comes to the right size. Do you have the right to be anorexic or binge eat? It’s getting harder to eat the way you want to eat these days. Everyone has an opinion.
If you are size zero by some genetic accident, you could be labeled as anorexic. If you are anorexic, you could be wasting your time and energy on deprivation. All these issues come down to your mental health. I read somewhere about how important it is to accept your body and if you can do that, then all the size police can make their point and disappear.
It’s your size and your life to live.
anorexia, binge eating, eating disorders, size zero, BMI in report cards, Baroness Kingsmill, catwalk, size police, mental health, skinny
May 25th, 2007 at 5:01 am
hey,
my philosophy is pretty simple, you are only responsible to yourlsef and your family. To the others show them the finger(sorry about the language).