Posts by aerogers

My point by saying it's easy for her to post something like her first post is that at her weight and height, she still seems to be suffering from the same media influences and body dismorphia she denounces by imagining she has "handfuls of muffin tops" and supposed gigantic ripples in her legs.  It seemed ironic to me.  I think that everyone has issues with their bodies, but to be her height and weight (which, btw, I have nothing to be bitter about as I am 5'7'' and 130 - taller and a little curvier), and pass judgment on how others feel about their bodies for not being thinner or taller seems a little wrong to me. 

It's very easy if you are blessed with certain "stats" to pass judgment on the mindsets of those that don't have them.  It would be interesting to see whether she would believe the same things about body image if she had grown up with an obesity problem or, more extremely, a physical deformity.  I think if I was 300 lbs. or had some other factor that made me less physically attractive than the media stereotype of beauty, it would make me angry if someone 5'6'' and 120 lbs. tried to preach to me about "happiness lies within." 

I just don't believe it's right to pass judgment on the mindsets of others.  ESPECIALLY, if certain adages may be easier for you to believe than for others because you have never had to deal with the hardships they have.