the ideal femine look

Over spring break my daughter and I went to the doctors and the Nutrition lady told me that my daughter and I were over weight. I was like omg.. you don't look so fit yourself. Being pregnant too, I want to eat for my baby, but they say for me to not eat too much because too much wt gained is not good not me and the baby which is understandable. I was like gosh, I already know I'm not the thinnest person...way to boost my self esteem.

When she told me that my daughter is over weight I was shocked because I thought they were going to say that my daughter was under weight. She is two and only 33 lbs and I don't know a little over 2 feet and she doesn't look fat or nothing she is just short.

Oh my word, not everyone is perfect and all the same size. Everywhere we turn something about sex appeal and skinny fit-good looking people are thrown at us for how we should look, act and be. Being compared to other people doesn't feel good. We live in a world where there is diversity of people with different shapes and sizes. It is cool that they want the world to be fit and look a certain way and to be healthy but is that the message that we should be conveying telling people? I think this contributes to a form of oppression not only women but men as well.