How To Wear Leggings.
Maybe you’ve seen the memes circulating, maybe your friends are posting them on Facebook. They are replete with judgment and body shaming. “Make sure your butt is covered.” “Make sure they are a thick enough fabric.” “Make sure you aren’t a curvy girl, leggings aren’t for curvy girls.”
Seriously? That’s the best you’ve got is to tell us how to wear leggings? Do you also tell men how to wear whatever it is they are wearing these days? Or is this just more female body shaming?
It’d be okay if we could stop with the body shaming and telling others how to wear clothes. If I want to be body shamed, all I have to do is turn on the TV and watch any of the commercials reminding women how broken they are. Lose weight, color your hair, have this nipped and that tucked, buy this wrinkle cream, make your eyelashes thicker, your eyebrows thinner, your teeth whiter, wedge yourself into Spanx, everything about you is wrong, lady!
But it’s not. Nothing about you is wrong. Wear your leggings however you want to and pay no mind to those judging you.
I’m going shopping. For leggings! Thank you for always encouraging us to be who we ARE! I love you for that. (and other things too!)
Love you, too, Mona! I’m so glad you are who you ARE and belong to this crazy tribe of women who encourage just that. <3
I love you. Thank you for reminding me I’m ok just as I am and for inspiring me to love others a little harder. xoxo
Love you right back!
❤️️❤️❤️️❤️❤️️
Bravo!! And I have a scarf that goes with those leggings. I’ll send it to you!
Shirley
What? Wow! Thank you, that’s super kind and serendipitous. <3
It doesn’t even matter how skinny you are, you will still be body shamed – it happened just Sunday with Lady Gaga and her “flab.” I can’t even. I was proud of her for that…showing the rest of us there is no shame. And I bet you anything that she’s in better shape than everyone who body shamed her.
Our society shames ALL women. If you aren’t too fat, you are too thin and should have a sandwich. Sigh.
I saw a news story about Lady Gaga’s training regimen for her Superbowl performance–intense. She has to be in incredible shape to do what she does. Easy to judge from the sofa, you know?
And doing wire work is no joke either. I bet all the shamers couldn’t have done it. *sighs* Just yesterday I asked a friend how people know what “skinny tastes like.”
I’m certain the sofa critics couldn’t do what she does. So over the “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” crowd and those who judge people who are willing to put themselves out there.
You know what I say about those haters. 😉