so as a girl in high school I find that
expressing myself can be kind of
difficult I understand that everybody
could have trouble expressing themselves
but for me personally one of the many
things that I express myself through is
fashion and the way that I dress but
that could be very difficult because
everybody’s comparing themselves to each
other and how they look
everybody is so consumed with do I look
skinny do I look good do I look better
than my friend that it’s all just kind
of messed up and everybody’s just
consumed with these materialistic things
for example if I wanted to wear a tight
low-cut shirt to school I’m I know that
I’m not fat but I have fat so everybody
would label me as wow that girl is
dressing like a quote/unquote and
they’d be slut-shaming me however if the
skinny girl were a tight shirt or a
low-cut shirt or even a tube top to
school nobody would say a thing I have a
friend that came to watch young Hills
wearing jeans that were ripped all up
and down she was wearing a tube top
but she’s tiny she’s a little girl and
nobody said anything I could never get
away with that
I think that the schools dress code in
policies are completely ridiculous
because if somebody smaller than me
tried to wear the same thing as me I
would get in trouble and they wouldn’t
but the point that I’m trying to make
here is that you should wear whatever
you want as long as it’s not offending
anybody as long as there’s no profanity
on it you could wear those short shorts
you could wear that low-cut top as long
as not everything is ow and as long as
you’re not offending everybody I think
that comparing yourselves to others is
ridiculous because everybody has a
different body those curvy girls they’re
skinny girls there’s tall girls they’re
short girls and I just wanted to show
this image from the Aerie real campaign
it’s not photoshopped it’s not retouched
it’s not filtered all of these women on
the screen they all have different body
types they all have different body
shapes and they’re all happy and they’re
all healthy you see the models on
Instagram you see the models on the
runway and you think you want to look
like them
but you don’t you really don’t they’re
not healthy they’re not real they’re
photoshopped it’s not attainable and
it’s not something that you should want
to look like you should want to be
yourself you should want to be like
these women who are happy the way that
they are they’re all together and
they’re not worrying about do I look
skinny do I look fat now especially with
social media everything can get so
tricky talking about those Instagram
models those girls posing on Instagram
now chances are it’s photoshopped we’ve
all heard of face tune we’ve all seen it
a lot of girls here use it everybody’s
guilty of it but it’s not normal it’s
not natural you shouldn’t want to look
like that and it’s not realistic
now with prom pics junior prom just
happened senior prom is about to happen
everybody’s worrying about the way they
look
everybody is worrying about is my dress
as good as hers do I look skinny in this
dress is distressed too tight on me I
was wondering that myself and during
junior prom my mother told me wow you
look beautiful if only you lost five
pounds you would look so much better
that actually happened and she’s not the
only person so many people my friends my
family my sisters everyone they say wow
like it’s a little tight like you should
lose five pounds but that shouldn’t
apply as long as you’re happy and as
long as you’re healthy these negative
comments shouldn’t mean anything to you
you should be able to express yourself
the way you want to express yourself
through fashion you should be able to
wear whatever you want to wear and feel
comfortable in your own skin now I know
that this talk about self-love is tricky
because by me telling you to love
yourself it doesn’t work that way you
can’t just say don’t compare yourself to
others like don’t look at other people
that way and wish you look that way
because everybody struggles with that I
struggle with that I’m sure plenty of
people here do but the thing you could
do is just try to tune out those
thoughts like tune out what everybody is
saying about you because the body that
you have is the body that you’re gonna
have forever you’ve grown up with it
you’re gonna be with it forever and
you really can’t change it you could try
and dye it you could try and exercise
but nothing can change the body type you
have nothing can change like your height
your shape like your curves it’s just
you and it’s just who you are and you
should express that now I wanted to say
that we have to rise above this culture
especially with social media with
everybody caring about how they look
with everybody about do I look skinny do
I not look skinny
we should rise above that culture and we
should all just be happy for other
people don’t talk about other people
don’t talk about how they looked in
their prom dress how they look in those
short shorts how they look in that tight
dress you shouldn’t pay attention to
things like that because it’s not about
yourself you should just mind your own
business and let other people wear what
they want to wear if that girl is
wearing a dress that’s a little bit
tight and you can see a little bit of
like her curves or even roles who cares
as long as she’s healthy and as long as
she’s happy and walking around with this
sense of confidence you shouldn’t care
and you shouldn’t be talking about that
so when you get these negative messages
make them positive think about wow this
girl’s talking about me good who cares
you shouldn’t care about what other
people say about you you should just
walk around and tune it out and think to
yourself these people are talking about
me they’re thinking about me I’m in
their brain it’s a good thing it’s not a
bad thing so I just wanted to end this
message with just love yourself and try
to stay positive as much as you can even
though it’s hard so thank you [Applause]
expressing myself can be kind of
difficult I understand that everybody
could have trouble expressing themselves
but for me personally one of the many
things that I express myself through is
fashion and the way that I dress but
that could be very difficult because
everybody’s comparing themselves to each
other and how they look
everybody is so consumed with do I look
skinny do I look good do I look better
than my friend that it’s all just kind
of messed up and everybody’s just
consumed with these materialistic things
for example if I wanted to wear a tight
low-cut shirt to school I’m I know that
I’m not fat but I have fat so everybody
would label me as wow that girl is
dressing like a quote/unquote and
they’d be slut-shaming me however if the
skinny girl were a tight shirt or a
low-cut shirt or even a tube top to
school nobody would say a thing I have a
friend that came to watch young Hills
wearing jeans that were ripped all up
and down she was wearing a tube top
but she’s tiny she’s a little girl and
nobody said anything I could never get
away with that
I think that the schools dress code in
policies are completely ridiculous
because if somebody smaller than me
tried to wear the same thing as me I
would get in trouble and they wouldn’t
but the point that I’m trying to make
here is that you should wear whatever
you want as long as it’s not offending
anybody as long as there’s no profanity
on it you could wear those short shorts
you could wear that low-cut top as long
as not everything is ow and as long as
you’re not offending everybody I think
that comparing yourselves to others is
ridiculous because everybody has a
different body those curvy girls they’re
skinny girls there’s tall girls they’re
short girls and I just wanted to show
this image from the Aerie real campaign
it’s not photoshopped it’s not retouched
it’s not filtered all of these women on
the screen they all have different body
types they all have different body
shapes and they’re all happy and they’re
all healthy you see the models on
Instagram you see the models on the
runway and you think you want to look
like them
but you don’t you really don’t they’re
not healthy they’re not real they’re
photoshopped it’s not attainable and
it’s not something that you should want
to look like you should want to be
yourself you should want to be like
these women who are happy the way that
they are they’re all together and
they’re not worrying about do I look
skinny do I look fat now especially with
social media everything can get so
tricky talking about those Instagram
models those girls posing on Instagram
now chances are it’s photoshopped we’ve
all heard of face tune we’ve all seen it
a lot of girls here use it everybody’s
guilty of it but it’s not normal it’s
not natural you shouldn’t want to look
like that and it’s not realistic
now with prom pics junior prom just
happened senior prom is about to happen
everybody’s worrying about the way they
look
everybody is worrying about is my dress
as good as hers do I look skinny in this
dress is distressed too tight on me I
was wondering that myself and during
junior prom my mother told me wow you
look beautiful if only you lost five
pounds you would look so much better
that actually happened and she’s not the
only person so many people my friends my
family my sisters everyone they say wow
like it’s a little tight like you should
lose five pounds but that shouldn’t
apply as long as you’re happy and as
long as you’re healthy these negative
comments shouldn’t mean anything to you
you should be able to express yourself
the way you want to express yourself
through fashion you should be able to
wear whatever you want to wear and feel
comfortable in your own skin now I know
that this talk about self-love is tricky
because by me telling you to love
yourself it doesn’t work that way you
can’t just say don’t compare yourself to
others like don’t look at other people
that way and wish you look that way
because everybody struggles with that I
struggle with that I’m sure plenty of
people here do but the thing you could
do is just try to tune out those
thoughts like tune out what everybody is
saying about you because the body that
you have is the body that you’re gonna
have forever you’ve grown up with it
you’re gonna be with it forever and
you really can’t change it you could try
and dye it you could try and exercise
but nothing can change the body type you
have nothing can change like your height
your shape like your curves it’s just
you and it’s just who you are and you
should express that now I wanted to say
that we have to rise above this culture
especially with social media with
everybody caring about how they look
with everybody about do I look skinny do
I not look skinny
we should rise above that culture and we
should all just be happy for other
people don’t talk about other people
don’t talk about how they looked in
their prom dress how they look in those
short shorts how they look in that tight
dress you shouldn’t pay attention to
things like that because it’s not about
yourself you should just mind your own
business and let other people wear what
they want to wear if that girl is
wearing a dress that’s a little bit
tight and you can see a little bit of
like her curves or even roles who cares
as long as she’s healthy and as long as
she’s happy and walking around with this
sense of confidence you shouldn’t care
and you shouldn’t be talking about that
so when you get these negative messages
make them positive think about wow this
girl’s talking about me good who cares
you shouldn’t care about what other
people say about you you should just
walk around and tune it out and think to
yourself these people are talking about
me they’re thinking about me I’m in
their brain it’s a good thing it’s not a
bad thing so I just wanted to end this
message with just love yourself and try
to stay positive as much as you can even
though it’s hard so thank you [Applause]
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