FB Rants 9/9/14

Thank you, but no thank you, ‪#‎MeghanTrainor‬ for a song that *ALMOST* has an empowering message for girls. Instead it ends up doing a disservice to both men and women. If your mama had stopped her message at "don't worry about your size" then all would be cool. But, nope, there had to be more. You just had to keep singing. ‪#‎why‬ ‪#‎shutup‬ ‪#‎bodyshaming‬ ‪#‎yetagain‬ ‪#‎sametiredmessage‬ ‪#‎sigh‬
Here is the real message we should be sending:
Girls, you do NOT have to justify the size of your butt!
Boys, there is SO MUCH more to a girl than the size and shape of her butt!
Girls, a man (not a boy) will appreciate and respect "holding you at night" no matter the size of your butt.
Boys, hear this! There is SO MUCH more to a girl than her body.

We have to stop with these near-misses in messages to BOTH genders in our society. Justifying the size of your body to a culture that demands you be a "size two" with a nah-nah-nah-nah-boo-boo retort of "guys like my size better in bed anyways" is NOT body acceptance. It is more body shaming. Furthermore, it only serves to send the message that guys ONLY care about girls who go to bed with them and that girls should ONLY accept their bodies if boys want to go to bed with it.
"'Cause every inch of you is perfect/
From the bottom to the top"
FULL STOP! FULL FUCKING STOP!
(This has been Ranty Tuesday with Hillary. Thanks for playing along. Carry on, Love.)