Tumblr makes me feel terrible about my body image.

Partly because I’m probably following the wrong blogs (you know the ones, girl with long flowy hair down to her breasts, in a killer effortless but totally weather impractical outfit, swaying in a sunset lit meadow of lavender…), but also because so so so many of the images and things on here are regurgitated press and media images of women- models, actors, singers, etc- all of which look pristine, and size 6, and toned, and proportioned, and beautiful/sexy as fuck.

You can tell yourself you don’t believe it, and that it’s just ridiculous objectification of women in play once more, but if you see enough of something, over and over and over again, and realise that you are so, so far from that, then you feel pretty fucking shit about yourself. 

Does that make sense?

Fuck, I don’t even care if it does. 

  1. locura-imaginativa reblogged this from ilaydaspider and added:
    I agree.
  2. ilaydaspider posted this
Twenty-Something in London.
Performer, theatre maker, sometimes writer, accidental teacher and purple lover.
Have an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice from Central School of Speech and Drama.
Mostly unemployed.
Will tell amusing stories for money.

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