Who am I? |
Before I began elementary school, I was so optimistic about the world. I thought I was going to make lots of friends, have fun all the time, and I genuinely believed everyone would be nice to me. Sadly, this was not the case.
My name is Sidney Whitted, and I am 18 years old and attending university. Some aspects of me that people don’t know are that I love languages, music, theatre, poetry, and spreading body positivity; I consider these my passions. I decided to focus my blog on the end of body shaming because people tend to only notice one thing about me: my weight. Once I was submerged into the educational system of Georgia, I was immediately deemed a target for shaming. I have always been overweight and even today I continue to receive nasty remarks regarding my size (you may read more about those experiences here ). I am unfortunately not the only female who has been shamed. In the past decade or so, body shaming has blown up into a massive social issue; women are especially targeted to fit certain physical expectations and when they fail to do so they are bullied beyond measure. So many people don’t realize what shaming can do to you. For most of my life, I hated my body. I have spent so many hours crying and loathing over what I saw in the mirror. I sincerely believed that this was only happening to me. But judging how women of all shapes and sizes have come out against shaming, I can’t be the only one, can I? If people saw how shaming damages women, maybe the harassment would stop. I share my story with women everywhere in hopes to share my newfound body positivity with others. If you would like to join the cause, I encourage you to check the No Body Shame campaign, and of course I will be continuing to blog with the goals to help others. |