Argumentative Essay On Body Image

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So I know everyone had to see Mean girls, if you’re just a regular teenage girl or a guy being forced to watch it with your girlfriend, “chick flicks” is what guys like to say. So this is about Regina George realized she couldn’t fit into her jeans anymore and she wanted her mom to go shopping with her knowing she could only wear jeans or track pants on Fridays or she has to sit at a different table. So she went to the store and the store only carries sizes 1, 3 and 5 and the lady told her she can try Sears if they have her size. Later that night Cady had a party and didn’t invite Regina. So she showed up to the party finally this guy Shane came up to her and said “Are you eating a Kalteen bar?” she responded “I’m starving” “Man, I hate those …show more content…

Donatelle, states body image is how you view yourself or how you want to look. Body image includes weight and size. People can make any size a positive outcome by having the same clothes in lower sizes such as one two and three’s things like that and putting them in the plus sizes clothes too because maybe they like a shirt but they don’t have their size, that’s not acceptable. I know there is mass amounts of girls on twitter posting about body positivity and plus size girls wearing bikinis and feeling beautiful and wearing crop tops and love it. It’s a wonderful thing to love yourself, you realize you don’t care about what anyone thinks about you, it’s all about you loving yourself and living a happy life because life is too …show more content…

Amber Rose told publication in 2009: 'I definitely work out. I love to eat and I don't believe in denying myself, so I have to work out. I'm not obsessed with it, I don't have a trainer or do any of the fancy classes, but I usually put on my iPod and run on the treadmill for an hour a few days a week. (Rendon, 2015, Sentence9) You can also go to the gym or eat healthier if you’re not happy with your weight. Also don’t be that girl that tries to fit in smaller clothes to make your boobs look bigger some of us girls just want a shirt that’s our size that’s cute. Have a positive environment, don’t be around people that judge you be around people that make you love yourself. I once heard “You fall in love with the people who make you love the person you are when you’re around

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