“To literally go on and on about women and girls and “horror” stories did absolutely nothing to help the situation”
Thank you, Miriam (Pascal) Cohen, for the way you brought the ugly topic of fat shaming to light in the warmest of ways.
I, too, don’t believe my husband when he calls me beautiful because I’ve internalized modern society’s thoughts on what constitutes beauty. I wasn’t subjected to ridicule at a young age, as the only weight I’ve had to lose in my life has been post-baby weight.
But I’ve never been slim enough, never clear-skinned enough, never simply enough. And all this is in my own head. I’m my own worst critic because someone out there will always have physical features I don’t have.
I come from a loving family who will only say “you’re beautiful” to someone who has lost a significant amount of weight or maintains their narrow waistline. I’m close to tears as I realize I’ve absorbed the message that you’re only worthy of being positively noticed if your waistline is a certain number of inches.
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