I Love The Way I Look

Society’s visceral reaction to the title of this piece tells you everything you need to know about how toxically it treats women and girls on the basis of beauty.

In the past, if I were to stumble upon another female’s blog post with this exact title, I would have been appalled and disgusted. It would have made me cringe super hard had I not seen any tag that said something to the tune of #bodypositivity or #effyourbeautystandards.

“Wow. Get over yourself, hun.”
“Actually, you’re not even that great [insert insulting opinion about said female’s appearance here].”
“Ugh, the arrogance of this chick.”

These generally describe the incredibly damaging, snarky lines that would have surfaced within my mind. It *might* have been some of the very thoughts you had upon opening this piece, too. I’m making a big bet that it was.

This visceral, disturbing reaction I used to have / much of society today has to any woman declaring her love for her body/appearance directly speaks to how inherently evilly we treat women and girls. Because the default assumption made is not only that we hate the way we look, but in…