I Love That I'm Seeing More & More Body Positive Messaging

I noticed not long ago that on Target's site, they have women, with a variety of bodies, (not just rail thin models,) modeling their swimsuits.  This weekend I saw this article These Women Posed ‘Nude’ In The Middle Of London To Make A Point About Victoria’s Secret.

Then later this weekend I was riding in the car with my sister and her son and daughter.  I was telling my sister about the article of the women in London  and the Target models and my young niece asked what we were talking about.  I explained that we were talking about some women who are modeling and they have "normal" bodies, that while models are super skinny and beautiful, most women don't look like that - they are still beautiful, but just don't look the same as the models.  My niece almost seemed to think it was silly that I was pointing this out - yes, all women look different and are beautiful in all different bodies. We talked about her mom, me and her grandma all having different bodies, but we're all beautiful, right?  (She of course said "yes!")

I absolutely loved her reaction. . .it seemed to be such a non-issue that we have different bodies than models and she seemed to strongly believe we are all just as beautiful as models.  I'm sure that her age plays a part in this, but I also think that it is my sister (and brother-in-law,) focusing on exercise to be healthy and strong, not focusing on wight loss, appearance, etc.   Hopefully with some body positive messaging becoming a bit more prevalent, young girls (actually everyone, all genders, all ages,) will be more body positive, comfortable with and accepting of their bodies.