Hello lovelies! It's been a while! I'm sorry for the lack of posts but it's been a busy few months; I'll catch you up on them in a future post. Today though I want to chat about body image. Body image. The dictionary definition for this term is as follows; body image is a person's perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. Sounds about right doesn't it? However the problem that I have is if body image is about how we perceive ourselves, why should outside influences have an affect upon the image we see looking back at us in the mirror? Surely we should be allowed to see ourselves the way we want to rather than our image being distorted by others expectations and media influences. The reason I bring this topic into light is because I have been chatting to a few of my friends recently. They want to either lose weight, use make up to 'make themselves look pretty', or go to the gym to get the perfect body. It got me wonderi
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