![]() I have news for my father as well as the rest of the world: I am a sexy walrus, and I will not change my body to please you. From that day forward, I never dieted again, I focused on embracing my body type rather than trying to become something I wasn’t. You have to really truly try looking at yourself… I would get depressed because my body could never be unless I went to unhealthy means to get that, and it’s not worth it.”īanks’ words completely transformed my body image at a critical point in my life, since at that moment I was dieting to lose the 20 pounds that had earned me the nickname “Walrus” from my father. I have a distinct memory of watching Tyra Banks on television one day in in middle school, when she said, “If you continue to compare yourself to other people, you will never be happy. The matter of the fact is that not all individuals are meant to fit one specific body type, so people should stop trying to conform to the ideal sizes that society has convinced us are “attractive” throughout our lives. ![]() ![]() Veronika Dvorakova, Art Director/ColumnistĪre you sick of listening to girls wish for thigh gaps? Boys kicking themselves because their stomachs resemble kegs more closely than a six-packs? Young women feeling insecure because of the size of their breasts? Are you tired of being one of them? I know I am.
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