Dear Plumpies:First of all as a skinny girl, I want to thank you for promoting the HEALTHY body image.Many websites try to give different ( and by different I mean other than " normal " women ) a false sense of confidence by trashing other women, and I'm glad you're trying to avoid that as much as possible.I'm Yas, one of your international readers, from Iran. Don't ask how many proxies I have to use to round government based blocks and filters to get to read you and other Asian bloggers daily blogs. I have always had a thing for south east Asian countries and cultures, and after discovering street style blogging I managed to take it to a whole new level. To top that off, I have known many Pinay women through out my life ( My uncle married one! ) and I can say Pinay women are the most confident women I have ever seen.Most of the over weight, fat, chubby, fuller, whatever- you- like- to- call- it women, feel like losing weight guarantees their happiness. They feel like weight is the only thing holding them back from living the dream. Let me tell you something, that is not true. I'm almost 5.11 and 120 lbs, back in high school and even some time into my time in university I felt like the most miserable, out of place girl I have ever known. I was constantly made fun of at school over being too skinny. I nearly force fed myself, hoping to get the proportional dreamy fuller body that I thought would get me off the hook of the bullies. It recently came back in the form of numberphobia. I would weight myself ten times a day, and I beat that with a simple mentality : Weight is nothing but a number. No really, it is. I replaced my horrible habit that was turning into a torture with something much better. Every morning, I wake up in the morning, get naked and look at myself in the mirror. If I'm happy with what I see, then thats good enough for me. Unlike what I thought and I'm sure most women still think, strangers won't ask your weight.I guess the point I'm trying to make is, we all go through insecurities. It is not weight related, it's all about what is requested of us. Stores want us to be a certain size and they have showed that by not carrying larger or smaller size. Designers and Makeup artists want us to dress and look a certain way, by over advertising and pretty much forcing their products down our throats. At the end of the day it does come down to just being happy with ourselves. Believing that who we are and what we have is enough, and living for ourselves and no one else.I can honestly say I envy women who are that content with themselves, regardless of their race, nationality or weight.Thank you.Skinny Iranian
PS: I can assure you, you and stacy are seriously two of the top bloggers I know, and I'm a style blog junkie.You have no Idea how important what you are doing is. If I had known about media outlets like your blog during my awkward stage, I would have had a much more enjoyable teenage-hood and there for a more pleasant high school stage. At the end of the day all women need to remember,its all about self acceptance and nothing more.
Yas, you are so beautiful. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being so open to our advocacy. You're one of the brightest readers we've ever encountered. :) I really enjoy our exchange of emails.
Plump love,
Danah