Barf

The problem with voicing out your opinions is that you're bound to get yourself some enemies.

There are those who'll either applaud you in support, or write you hatemail and crazy blog entries and wage a war against you.

Now, I'm not going to let the crazy haters stop me from speaking my mind on issues I feel I need to talk about. I don't know about you, but I'd rather be the brave girl who dares to take a risk than the stupid one who has no opinions of her own and just follows the norms of society even though what might be a norm could also be the silliest, most ridiculous thing in the world.

Now, I was reading a bunch of bulletins the other day and came across one from a girl who said she was sick of looking the way she looks. She yearned to be thin, like all the models she's probably seen on TV and in contradicting beauty and fashion magazines. She said she had to be thin in order to work in the media, an industry which places much importance on beauty. She said she's tired of gaining weight even though she never even eats that much in the first place. The next thing she said just pushed all my wrong buttons.

She said she wanted to be bulimic.

Now who in their right mind would say such a thing? You're right. No one!

I have two things to say.

First of all, bulimia is a serious illness that you don't wanna fall into unless you're willing to risk your life to be skinny. And if you're willing to risk your life, then you're one desperate sick child, and you need to see a therapist really fast before you stick your finger down your throat and have your gut end up down the loo.

Second of all, why conform to what society thinks is beautiful? Why torture yourself to fit into what people expect you to look like? Are you seriously that shallow and insecure of yourself that the only way to be happy is by having other people be satisfied with how you look? Get real! You won't ever be happy that way! You'll only be a slave to other people, and you'll constantly be ruled over what they think. And that comment about how you gotta be thin to get a job in the media? Being thin's not gonna guarantee you do a better job.

Get over the thin equals beautiful obsession. It's unhealthy, and you've been brainwashed by popular culture. The one where everyone looks the same, dresses the same, and sounds the same.

I'm not advocating obesity and thrashing thinness, though, don't get me wrong. I'm against anything done and taken in excess. So if you're overweight and you wanna lose weight, then do it the healthy way. Excercise. Control your diet.

Do it for your health. Not for other people. And do it the right way. Throwing up after you eat will only make things worse.

Lots of green lettuce,

from Me.