Bryce+K’s+2015+OpEd+Article

=__**Skinny vs. Reality**__=

"You're too skinny, go eat a hamburger." Although many people don't realize it, saying this is just as rude as saying, "You're fat, go get some exercise". I've always been a considerably petite person, and through my life I've faced many situations where people insult my skinniness without even realizing it.

It's always been more attractive to be thinner, and everyone wants that perfect body with the perfect figure. Having grown up skinny my whole life, I can name a number of things people said to me that made me offended or insecure. "Do you even eat?", "You probably only eat vegetables, huh?" "You weigh like...30 pounds", "I need to buy you a big mac". Those were just some examples of things that have been said to me before. And before I continue, I want to say a disclaimer that I've never been anorexic or had any other eating disorders, I do realize the tragedy that some girls want to be so skinny to starve themselves, but that's not my issue here. My issue is that people want to be so skinny so badly, that they dump all their envy on the skinny people. I eat a lot, I can't go a day without a Starbucks mocha, and a bowl of ice cream before bed. But with the way I was built and fast metabolism I suppose, I somehow stay slim. However, just because you can see my ribs through my skin and I can fit into a double zero, it doesn't mean that you can tell me to go get a second helping of food. That is like telling someone they can't get a second helping because they're too overweight.

I have a stomach just like everyone else's, it's allowed to get full. I'm allowed to hate my body, just like any other girl would. I'm allowed to be insecure, I'm human. Next time you tell you someone their too skinny, maybe think twice.