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I live in a town where summer bodies are required year round
Big is bad and bony is beautiful
Pressure… Pressure…pressure
Photo-shopped Victoria Secret Models
Tempting tigress on the prowl
It’s all pressing down on us
Vital two hundred dollar haircuts
Wiping my bank account clean
Waxing my eyebrows, lasering my legs
The pain imposed upon me
And all for what?
My body does not define me
Nobody will brand me
Butt, Boobs and flat Belly
You cannot carve me
You cannot inject me
You cannot implant me
Perfection is not skin deep
I’d rather be an olive in a sea of toothpicks
My body does not define me
Nobody will brand me
Sucking in my stomach
Trying to get the perfect picture
Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter shame me
My shape is not a shame
Crop tops and booty shorts
Trying to squeeze into a double 0
Fueling society’s ego
Kendall Jenner propped up on stilt-like heels
Smiling through the pain
Silently awaiting the eternal effects
My body does not define me
Nobody will brand me
Demi Lovato humiliated by haters
the pressure caused her to cut
why should she be ashamed of her body?
why are people taking offense to Adele’s voluptuous curves?
Nicole Mendelson, NatashaWeiner, Lucero Barrantes
when her voice is the most valuable
why should Cosmo and Vogue degrade me?
Rosie Huntington and Candice Swanepoel are “goals” we say.
why should I strive to imitate their existence?
when there is so much more to me.
My body does not define me
Nobody will brand me
Let us love our bodies
double As or double Ds who cares?
thick is just as perfect as thin
listen to my voice
before you look at my body
“screw beautiful I’m brilliant”
My body does not define me
Nobody will brand me
Nicole Mendelson,
NatashaWeiner, Lucero Barrantes
Girl
Lea Broudo (Colored Pencil on Paper)