There is a campaign going against size discrimination in Instagram. It was started by a plus size girl whose account was removed after she posted pictures of herself posing in a bikini. Instagram is filled with half naked selfies, but apparently nakedness is only considered offensive if it involves a body of plus size. What does this tell about our society?
We all know the old saying “true beauty comes from within”. Yet it is not that easy to live by it. We are taught from a very young age to be very aware of the way we look. We judge each other by appearance, a lot of which is artificial. If I look into the adverts that the whole city of London is paved with, all I see is this kind of artificial beauty. We are surrounded by it. None of the models in the pictures seem to portray any real human character. Cold stares and fake smiles. Unnaturally perfect skin and thin waste lines. It is very easy to get lost in that world.
It does not matter how white your teeth are. If you are rotten inside, your smile is rotten. It does not matter if your eyelids are perfectly shaped, if in your eyes there is no depth. It does not matter if you have a perfectly fit body, if all that you do with it is take advantage of others. It does not matter if you wear the prettiest shade of red on your lips, if all that comes out of your mouth is negativity. And it does not matter how nicely you speak, if there is not an inch of truth in your words.
But we do not have to get caught up in that. We do not have to take part in the gossip groups of hateful people. We do not have to compare our looks to the looks of people obsessed with artificial beauty. We can focus our energies on creating good in this world. We can transform ourselves within, become the best possible people we can be, and leave the hopeless shallow worrying to the poor bastards who will never know what it truly is to feel good about themselves.
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