You know what makes me so mad? When people say that I have a “perfect” body and ask me all the time what I do to have it “like that.” It really irritates me for two reasons: 1) I do NOT have a perfect body and 2) I’m more than just an aperitizer for the eye. Yes, you may have seen my silhouette but no, you haven’t seen my body. Underneath all that clothes that I use to cover it are hidden what society calls cellulites, stretch marks, scars and acne. But you know what I call then? Features. Unique features. Those imperfections and flaws, as people call them, do not define me nor any other women as a person. They do not make us less beautiful or inferior to those women they call “perfect.” I’m sick and tired of seeing girls starving themselves, obsessively counting calories and not letting other girls eat food like pizza just because society has taught them they have to be skinny to be pretty. People even classify our bodies as thick, thin, skinny,curvy, fat, straight, pear, hourglass inverted triangle, oval, diamond, you name it! Everytime I hear one of those it drives me crazy because they are FAKE! There are no types of bodies! Those are some of the millions of labels that we need to stop putting on people! Society needs to stop classifying us women by the shape of our bodies as if we were things because at the end of the day we are all humans and the same. It makes me furious to see everyday how girls aspire to have those bodies they see on social media and how they idolize those who live centered in perfection. Why don’t we use this platform to promote self-love, self-respect, and to teach others that our bodies are a with of art? I consider stupid, and it actually concerns me, the fact that some girls are showing their bodies on the internet to gain likes just because they feel the need of being “accepted.” That’s toxic. Comparing to others is toxic too. This generation is creating an obsession to be like others, instead of motivating people to be the best of themselves and an inspiration to others.

Go ahead, eat whatever amount of pizza you want, eat that extra piece of cake if you desire and drink that can of Coca-Cola. Eat you veggies, eat fruits daily and do exercise to feel healthy and happy with yourself, not because you want to look like that girl you saw on Instagram. Go ahead and rock that bathing suit and those pair of shorts you have always dreamt of wearing. Embrace and show your cellulites, scars, acne and stretch marks. Embrace your features. Please don’t starve yourself anymore and start loving yourself. I know is hard, I’ve been there too. It really does not matter if you have a “perfect” body and a pretty face because outer beauty can never make up for a lack of inner beauty. Those stereotypes and society’s concept of beauty are wrong. Everybody’s perfect is a little different. Just because is different doesn’t mean it isn’t perfect. Don’t let others change your mind, it’s yours for a reason. There’s no such thing as “body goals,” confidence is the new goal. Confidence is the new sexy.