I checked this book out of the library.
At the same time I’ve been studying the topic of microaggressions too.
One common comment is “You’d be so pretty if_______.”
I don’t want to trigger followers by typing in the rest of the sentence.
Who in their right mind would think this is a kind and caring thing to say?
Why would they think only thin people are pretty?
In my view I don’t think most people need to lose weight. Some of us carry more weight on our frames.
The author of the Power of Plus is Gianluca Russo an Italian freelance journalist. He exposes the folly of the thin white-centric ideal of beauty that designers foist on fashion models and consumers.
Russo ends the book on a positive note quoting powerful ladies.
To get readers to buy the book or at least check it out of the library I will quote one section toward the end.
Per Russo:
“I never knew what it meant to live authentically until I entered the fashion industry…That is what the plus-size community has taught me: true self-expression is perhaps the strongest power to exist on earth.”
Right said Russo.
If you ask me followers it all comes down to self-expression being the pathway to success.
In 2015 when I published my memoir I was the first woman writing about mental health who talked about how self-expression via dressing in fashion helped her recover.
I knew this then and I know it now: individuality is what makes a person beautiful.
Why should any of us feel the need to conform to what’s viewed as normal or acceptable?
True self-expression is irresistible to others.
Become who you are. Regardless of whether people like this
Shrinking ourselves to make others feel better is no way to live.
Shine on fabulous ladies.
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