Now, I know that if you are going to read an article, and I use the term article loosely, on MailOnline, you are opening a can of worms.
This post however really really made me mad, not for the contents of the article, but by the comments made by the general public.
So, what the article about? Essentially featuring a photograph of three plus size girls, two of whom I follow on Twitter @CallieThorpe and @fullerfigurefullerbust The article was talking about fashion, how much of it was available to the plus sized market and speaking about the fashion blogs run the girls in question.
The girls featured came across as confident, sassy and sure in who they were and what they thought. If only we all could feel like that! How many women do you know who constantly bemoan their figure, who are underconfident, shy and hide themselves away? These women, whether plus sized, skinny, ten foot tall or whatever should be applauded.
I moved on to the comments section however and what I read there truly appalled me. There is so hatred out there. I won't repeat the comments. Although some were positive, a lot ranged from pure insult to accusing the women in the article of encouraging obesity and giving their children the wrong idea of how you should look.
Most figures suggest that the majority of trolls are men, and teenagers. This did not appear to be the case here. The majority was women.
So here's what I think. We should feel sorry for the people who commented, feel really sorry for them. They are unhappy people.
If you are happy in your life, if you are happy in the way you look, if you are confident and secure in yourself, you have no need to insult others. What I see behind the comments are people who are insecure, unhappy with the way they look, be it size 22 or size 12, large nose or small nose, large breasts or small breasts. They feel the need to disparage others as they cannot force themselves to look at what the real problem is, themselves.
The women in the article show women how we actually should be, confident, happy, self secure and out in the world. I want to be a woman like that.
Most figures suggest that the majority of trolls are men, and teenagers. This did not appear to be the case here. The majority was women.
So here's what I think. We should feel sorry for the people who commented, feel really sorry for them. They are unhappy people.
If you are happy in your life, if you are happy in the way you look, if you are confident and secure in yourself, you have no need to insult others. What I see behind the comments are people who are insecure, unhappy with the way they look, be it size 22 or size 12, large nose or small nose, large breasts or small breasts. They feel the need to disparage others as they cannot force themselves to look at what the real problem is, themselves.
The women in the article show women how we actually should be, confident, happy, self secure and out in the world. I want to be a woman like that.
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