On the daily across many social media platforms we here the words ‘Summer try on haul’ and for many of us ‘Zaful bikini hauls’ are top of our explore page. The confidence it takes to post a video of that content is AMAZING and should be applauded. But if you’re like me and not quite there yet here’s a representation of how my ‘try on’ went and lets just say it’s not quite as smooth!
I wrote this about two months ago and in the grand scheme of things it really set me back. At the time I wasn’t ready to admit any of this to myself let alone to anyone else but here it is. It’s real life and it happens to all of us. No one feels amazing and gorgeous all of the time, it’s impossible and unrealistic. But if we learn that our bodies are not purely for show or defined by how desirable they are then maybe these ‘try on hauls’ will broaden our perspectives and ideas of women’s bodies.
Chasing the perfect summer body can create a downward spiral of thoughts and behaviors among women. Expectations and ideals of what we should look like, how we should feel and the way in which we should portray ourselves has poisoned social media. So in honor of that here’s what happens when these ideals and expectations are not met and how it can so rapidly alter your mindset on who you should be and what you should look like.
Raw Women 