In a world where weโre bombarded with digitally edited images of the โperfectโ body, it can be hard to maintain any body confidence, let alone feel sexy.
But a blogger has issued a powerful reminder that women of all shapes and sizes can and do feel attractive. If youโre not quite there yet, you can be.
โNow this may be hard for some some of you to understand, but guess what, I like the way I look when I look in the mirror,โ Sonny Turner began her Instagram post.
โYes I have rolls. Yes I have stretch marks. Yes I am โfatโ. And yes, I think I look great. And you should too.
โWe live in a world that is scared of โfatnessโ and is fat phobic. Itโs like, so cause Iโm fat Iโm not allowed to feel sexy? Iโm not allowed to think Iโm beautiful? Iโm not allowed to feel good? NOPE.โ
In the post thatโs been liked more than 19,000 times, Sonny went on to point out that people of โall body typesโ deserve to feel attractive.
โFYI fats are allowed to think theyโre attractive. And thatโs the same for any body type in fact,โ she said.
โGirls with no butt and boobs are allowed to think theyโre beautiful too.โ
She acknowledged the journey to self-love isnโt always easy, considering the societal pressure we feel under to look a certain way.
โI know that itโs hard to love yourself and be yourself in this world we currently live in. Weโre constantly presented with flawless images of beautiful people, luxury lifestyles and all,โ she said.
โI canโt help but question, how tangible is it all? One day all of that wonโt matter. What will matter is the memories we made with the people we love and the mark we left on the world.โ
She ended the post by saying if she leaves โeven any mark on the worldโ she wants it to be that sheโs โencouraged people to want to be themselvesโ.
โTo make others feel confident for who they really are. To normalise all the things that are seen as โuglyโ,โ she said.
โWell Iโm โfatโ and fabulous. Or โthickโ, or what ever coined term you people like to call me to make me feel less guilty about my chub. Whatever category you wanna put me in, I still look great.โ
Sonny, we couldnโt have said it better ourselves.
