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[girlrunaway]

As part of my speech for Public Speaking class, I had to choose a manuscript to read from. It was allowed to be anything, and I wanted to choose something that is really important, so I decided to read from a book by Eve Ensler. It was hard to choose which book, but I finally decided on The Good Body.

This is what I read:

I am stepping off the

Comments

[wtf_mk]

I can see where Cat is coming from, but I disagree. To some people, it may have seemed unusual for a thin girl to be reading about body acceptance. However, body acceptance does not have to be a concept exclusively for overweight people. Not only is that unfair, but it's inaccurate to think that only overweight people are at war with their mirrors. EVERY person feels insecurity about him or herself, thin, overweight, tall, short, whatever. The ideal image is so much more than just thin... it's perfection. Skinny girls aren't perfect. Nobody is perfect. And there are so many people who feel their imperfection weighing down on them and don't know how to get out from under it because that Perfect Image is everywhere. It sucks. I'm really really happy that you chose that... that particular topic means a lot to me.

[girlrunaway]

I agree - it's not fair to assume that thin people or happy or that overweight people aren't. It does suck that the perfect image is everywhere, and that's why it's so important that girls just like us don't try to fit into that idea of what's perfect and instead embrace who we are. It's hard, but we NEED to overcome it rather than conform to it.

You should read that book. I think you'd like the whole thing. What I posted is fantastic and it's just the introduction.

♥

[woolengloves]

that is really, really good (and true)

also, i read in one of your other entries that you were thinking a lot about sexuality! what were you thinking about it? it is very fascinating

[girlrunaway]

I've been trying in the last few days to think of what to say... I don't know how I feel, really, so I don't know how to say it. But that's why I wanted to post it, for others' input and stuff, so I should probably just get over it and post about confusion! I'll try to update about it tonight or tomorrow. ♥