The Issue of Body Shaming

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ThePlumpJournal Body Shaming Issue

Often times, the media bombards us with images of perfect bodies of actresses, models and even the social media wasn't a big help to the body positive community by using hashtags that goes like #PerfectBeachBody showing bikini clad ladies that looks like Victoria's Angels.

Another thing that somehow bother me are the #PostBabyBody being posted that has nothing to do with having a baby and being fit and healthy after giving birth, or any other issues that surrounds or experienced by new moms, the netizen's are even posting their own take - both good and bad - on this body issues.

What's worst is that this is not just women related issues, even men experience body shaming.

This images and comments hurts not only the body positive community, but what's more bothering is that the younger generation is thinking that those images indeed are the ideal one's when the fact is, it's not actually about having that perfect body but more of being fit and healthy, be it if your on the heavier side, average side, normal side, well let's not categorize this, it's just you no matter what size you are in.

Recently, the news about athletes and models body shaming fellow athletes and models scatter throughout the social media and I was like, why do you have to do that? Do you know what she's been through, or what she's currently experiencing about her body? She's having a war within herself, and there you are with that thick-skin you are in, body shaming her on social media where everything is open to everyone?

If those influential people who we look up to does that kind of thing to another famous person, how would you react? Well apparently, netizen's are posting their own body shaming comments, and very few would say a good thing. That's how sad the society we currently live in is.

Is being above average really that bad, and what is average, do we really need a label? You know, being thin doesn't mean your healthy, and being fat doesn't mean your unhealthy and if being fit and healthy means extreme dieting methods, spending 23 hours in a gym and protruding rib cages, no thank you, I'd rather be Fat Amy, if you know what I mean.

Do you still remember your new year's resolution to enter a fitness club, maybe lose a few pounds in a few months just for the heck of having that #PerfectBeachBody for the summer? How many of those who pledge on doing this can you still in the gym? Maybe half, worst case scenario 90% of those who signed up no longer show's up, the reason is simple, the motivation is too shallow.

How many kids are suffering anorexia without them fully understanding what's going on? The pressure the society give's when it comes to that image of #PerfectBody is too much of a burden to those kids. It's like if you are not skinny then you don't fit anywhere, you don't belong, you're being the laughing stock, being bullied by the skinny kids, their self-esteem gets affected, they would no longer want to attend school, they'll be unsocial, and the worst case, the suicide option.

Allow me to remind you again that the perfect body is not based on a fashion model's body, or how big your boobs is, or how plump your butt is. The perfect body is the the kind of body that can handle the societies pressure, a body who doesn't give a fuck to whatever you say.

So please stop body shaming, fat or thin, we all have a war within ourselves. Embrace what God gave you.

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Love, Rosie a Movie Review for Valentines Day

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The Plump Journal Love Rosie Movie Review


I am so in love with the movie "Love, Rosie". I am lost for words on how nice this film turned out to be, I was hesitating whether to watch it or not, turns out its good. The romance and story is probably a cliche' one but who cares we all love this kind of stories. So here are some of the best, my favorite quotes from the movie.

“You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, 
someone who thinks about you constantly, 
someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing,
 where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re OK.

You need someone who can help you reach your dreams and protect you from your fears. 
You need someone who will treat you with respect, 
love every part of you, especially your flaws. 
You should be with someone who could make you happy, 
really happy, dancing on air happy.”
- A letter from Alex to Rosie

“Our life is made up of time; 
our days are measured in hours, 
our pay measured by those hours, 
our knowledge is measured by years. 

We grab a few quick minutes in our busy day to have a coffee break. 
We rush back to our desks, we watch the clock, we live by appointments. 

And yet your time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts 
if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades 
were being spent the best way they possibly could. 

In other words, if you could change anything, would you?”
- Before Rosie’s father died he wrote her this letter. 
He then send it to her address and she received it after the funeral

“Life is funny isn’t it? 
Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, 
just when you finally begin to plan something, 
get excited about something, 
and feel like you know what direction you’re heading in, 
the paths change, 
the signs change, 
the wind blows the other way, 
north is suddenly south, and east is west, and you’re lost. 

It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction. And that’s with following all the signposts”
- Cecelia Ahern, Love, Rosie

“It's funny because when you're a child, 
you believe you can be anything you want to be, 
go wherever you want to go. 

There's no limit to what you can dream. 
You expect the unexpected, 
you believe in magic, 
in fairy tales, 
and in possibilities. 

Then you grow older 
and that innocence is shattered 
and somewhere along the way the reality of life gets in the way 
and you're hit by the realization that you can't be all you wanted to be, 
you just might have to settle for a little bit less. 

Or perhaps 
a variation of what you once wanted. 

Why do we stop believing in ourselves? 
Why do we let facts and figures and anything but dreams rule our lives?”
- Cecelia Ahern, Love, Rosie

There are so much more interesting phrases and exchanges between Alex and Rosie in the book, the movie didn’t show all, so if you have time please read the book.

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