How much does Saudi Arabia hate women? So much so that 15 girls died in a school fire in Mecca in 2002, after “morality police” barred them from fleeing the burning building — and kept firefighters from rescuing them — because the girls were not wearing headscarves and cloaks required in public. And nothing happened. No one was put on trial. Parents were silenced.
I am 5’4” and 200lbs - OKAY - 195lbs. But i hope to hit 210lbs, most people would suggest I lay on my fat ass and eat donuts - but I don’t have much time for that. With anywhere from 2-5 hours of strenuous sports practice daily in addition to 2 gym dates a week and walking myself all over campus from class to class I don’t have much time for thigh-fattening and stomach bulging.
Here’s the thing. I’ve been having doctors tell me to lose weight my whole life pretty much. And when they tell me, they show me this cute little chart with pink lines and shading - well I fall right above that pink line in the pool of shading beneath the term OBESE.
What the FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?
After years of health classes, and 3 years of biological study - not to mention 20+ years of living with my body I’ve come to find - NOT A GODDAMN THING.
Fight the BMI, realize it for what it is a Bullshit Magnifiying Index, composed of national averages that don’t apply widely to the high variance of a person’s possible muscle mass, bone density, and the acceptable amount of fat that person can carry and remain healthy.
I work hard, I love to be outside, and to compete in my sport, and I won’t ever let the term OBESE keep me from loving my body while I am physically able to: climb mountains, run a mile, do pushups . .. etc. Even if I never hit 210 I love every curve.
So everybody please - strive to know your own body, and don’t compare yourself to a watered down national average or a pin up poster child. Eat healthy, drink healthy, and put some extra verbs in your life.
You know I could really look at dozens of pictures like this, close ups, everything. Sure photoshop is okay for some stuff, I’m not even gonna knock it, commercials want the prettiest women to show off their merchandise. But just as a matter of art, seeing a person’s body as it naturally is.
I am not pro-abortion, but I am pro-choice. I am a 20 year old female and for as long as I can remember this has been an issue on my mind. Probably for longer than it should have been.
I have known people who’ve had abortions, and while I’ve never fully agreed with it, I have supported them. My…
What’s wrong with marriage?
Surely there must be something. With the divorce rate through the roof and all. Given that now women, having options and all are able to defect from their marriages - no one sticks it out anymore it seems.
Sometimes they do, sometimes it’s beautiful but as a new…
