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  • 12th April
    2012
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Stop Hating Your Body: The Scale Does NOT DEFINE YOU!

stophatingyourbody:

*sigh* I just typed this whole long thing up, and tumblr logged me out and lost all of it -_-, so here it goes again!

I’m going to take you all back in time to a place called elementary school, a death trap filled with ignorance, arrogance and uneducated shit heads (pardon my french). I can…

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  • 1st February
    2012
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  • 31st January
    2012
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Trigger warning Hallo, I’m Zannah. I’m an 18 year old female in MD,USA.  I am an only child born to older parents. I have never been beautiful,in my eyes. I have been made fun of since at least 4th grade. I have ADHD and I’m not always the fastest person in the world…. Sometimes I’m quite slow. At first,I’d be made fun of for being annoying or weird. Later,it was because they thought I was ugly. For a year,it was because I was flat chested,then I got made fun of for developing “bigger” then my classmates. In 7th grade I tried to kill myself for the first time.I didn’t suceed,and I didn’t get the help I needed. I struggled through 2 years of high school,with eating issues,cutting,and depression.  For my junior/senior year,I transferred to a Vocational school. I made friends quickly,and I felt much better. I had alot of boyfriends,and some VERY close friends.  I graduated in 2011. I did a semester of college then realized I wasn’t ready yet. Now,I’m 18.I’m unemployed,no schooling.I’m still not perfect. I still get depressed and I still have insecurity issues. But I’ll get better. I have the most AMAZING boyfriend,awesome friends,a supportive family,and the intelligence to go far. I love you Garrett. You have no idea how much you save me. I am wonderful. SHOWHERSHESWONDERFUL.TUMBLR.COM! SHARE YOUR STORY!

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Hallo, I’m Zannah. I’m an 18 year old female in MD,USA. 

I am an only child born to older parents.

I have never been beautiful,in my eyes. I have been made fun of since at least 4th grade. I have ADHD and I’m not always the fastest person in the world…. Sometimes I’m quite slow.

At first,I’d be made fun of for being annoying or weird. Later,it was because they thought I was ugly. For a year,it was because I was flat chested,then I got made fun of for developing “bigger” then my classmates.

In 7th grade I tried to kill myself for the first time.I didn’t suceed,and I didn’t get the help I needed.

I struggled through 2 years of high school,with eating issues,cutting,and depression. 

For my junior/senior year,I transferred to a Vocational school. I made friends quickly,and I felt much better. I had alot of boyfriends,and some VERY close friends. 

I graduated in 2011. I did a semester of college then realized I wasn’t ready yet.

Now,I’m 18.I’m unemployed,no schooling.I’m still not perfect. I still get depressed and I still have insecurity issues. But I’ll get better.

I have the most AMAZING boyfriend,awesome friends,a supportive family,and the intelligence to go far.

I love you Garrett. You have no idea how much you save me.

I am wonderful.

SHOWHERSHESWONDERFUL.TUMBLR.COM! SHARE YOUR STORY!

  • 26th January
    2012
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  • 24th January
    2012
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  • 24th January
    2012
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stophatingyourbody: One thing that I don’t think is preached about enough is LOVE. We can try to love our bodies. We can try to love our  personalities. We can try to love our hips and buts and tummies… But we can’t truly love any one part of us unless we love each other and send love out into the world. When you bring positivity into your life no matter how hard it may be at first, you notice a change. The world has a new flare that you didn’t see when it was masked by sadness and negativity. Take hold of your live, make changes and LOVE!!! - Katie (awonderinthetardis.tumblr.com)

stophatingyourbody:

One thing that I don’t think is preached about enough is LOVE.

We can try to love our bodies.

We can try to love our  personalities.

We can try to love our hips and buts and tummies…

But we can’t truly love any one part of us unless we love each other and send love out into the world.

When you bring positivity into your life no matter how hard it may be at first, you notice a change. The world has a new flare that you didn’t see when it was masked by sadness and negativity.

Take hold of your live, make changes and LOVE!!!

- Katie (awonderinthetardis.tumblr.com)

  • 24th January
    2012
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You are BEAUTIFUL you are REAL!

You are beautiful. You are real.

I’m glad something that has meant a lot to me for so long is now gaining more awareness.

Opening my dashboard to see fleets of posters promoting REAL equality.

It has been a struggle trying to get people to see their hypocrisy let alone to listen as people think you’re just bragging about being thin if you even question the ever so popular ‘’real women have curves’’ slogans that are thrown around on a whim.

What people don’t realize when they say ‘’real women’’ is they are disregarding a large chunk of the population who are smaller than a 12 and shoving them into a category where they are forced to believe they are unwanted and even unachievable. They are healthy girls who are living proof the size they are is achievable but the media is so all-consuming it forces them into self loathing and doubt.

ALL women are REAL. One sided campaigns like this bully girls into believing they aren’t desirable or beautiful – which is something every girl should feel.

Nobody should be made to feel ugly because it sticks. I know first hand just like millions of girls all over the world, how it feels to be broken down by other peoples opinions. Opinions that aren’t filtered by common sense but spat out without a care or a thought for the feelings of the other person.

It’s not just women it’s men to. Who are these people to tar all men with the same attractions? ‘’Men don’t like sticks’’ is just as bad as ‘’men don’t

like fat girls’’ but in today’s society it’s acceptable to encourage obesity and unhealthy weights as long as anyone over a size 10 feels comfortable. But if a perfectly healthy girl is size 8 or under they are automatically deemed anorexic, not wanted and disgusting. Some smaller girls have even turned to bashing their own body size because this opinion is so widely valued.

We should be promoting awareness about eating disorders not encouraging some and belittling others. Does nobody care about anybody’s health anymore? – Of course not! We’re too busy smothering ourselves in fakery and shields of faces that aren’t our own, but something the media has told us to be.

You are NOT a product of society, you are a tribute to yourself, your loves, your likes, your morals, your values.

You are a beautiful woman, because you are a woman.

You should love your body, because even though you think it’s something undesirable, and you’ve heard countless people say ‘’it’s the only skin you get’’ they’re right. I know it’s hard to believe right now, but they’re right.

When you’re 85 and sat at home looking at pictures from your childhood, you’ll wonder why you spent all these hours worrying about how good you looked before you went to school and not worrying about how fun the journey could be.

Or how you spent so much time before college and work preparing to be seen by normal people just like you. Worrying about opinions instead of taking in life as it should be… Amazing.

Take in knowledge and not hatred, learn new things, find new friends and forget the people who take the time to hurt you. They’ll learn. And your sizes will be in the shops again because there will be no fear of offending one set of people.

Pinch yourself.

Did it hurt? Did you feel it?

You’re real.

You don’t need to prove it.

 - Ellena Johnston. Thoushaltalways.tumblr.com

  • 23rd January
    2012
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  • 23rd January
    2012
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**Trigger warning for self-harm, abuse, and just self-loathing in general** I’ve never been considered, by myself or anyone else, “conventionally pretty.” I’m not super thin and I have child bearing hips and I’ve just never been really confident in myself. On top of that, I’ve never had a very good home life. Verbal and physical abuse have been thrown around like nobody’s business, which led to me always having self esteem issues. I remember being 13 years old and in 7th grade making myself throw up because although I wasn’t overweight, I wasn’t super skinny either. I was average. And that wasn’t good enough for me. When I was 13, I also started self-harming. I would mainly do it on my legs, where no one could see, because god forbid anyone found out. I already didn’t have any friends, I couldn’t handle being a freak who couldn’t control her emotions, too. All throughout grade school, I didn’t have many friends. I remember being 8 years old and going to see Harry Potter for the first time, and instantly being hooked. From then on, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were my new friends. When I was 13, at the start of 8th grade I finally found a niche. I met my best friend, who I’m still friends with 5 years later, and she is one of the best things to ever happen to me. I still struggled, but things got better. And then I started high school. I developed such bad anxiety that I missed about 2 months of my freshman year because I hated school. I hated it so much that I would throw up every morning so I wouldn’t have to go. I eventually almost didn’t pass, so I had to start going. Once again, things got better. 10th grade was the best year. I joined the marching band. I had a bunch of friends. That summer I found Team StarKid, who saved my life in more ways than one. They gave me a reason to smile again. Summer came and went, and I entered 11th grade. Which was the hardest year of my life. I was still  self-harming, and it had gotten very bad. I barely made it through the year. I failed classes, didn’t do any work, and lost motivation to do everything. That was my last year of band, too, which led to me pulling away from everyone. That summer was hard. I was miserable. That was until I saw this tweet: “Dude. There’s always something to smile about. Always.” That’s what got me through the summer. Senior year came, and I just wanted to get the hell out of there. I hated everyone. I stopped talking to a lot of people. I was so terribly depressed and I didn’t even know what to do with myself. Winter came and everyone was talking about Team StarKid’s new production: Starship. I knew there was no way I could go, which really upset me. I just wanted to tell them all how they helped me. I had already been on tumblr for about a year at this time, so one of my followers came to me and offered to get Joey Richter to speak to me on the phone. I freaking DIED. She said she might not be able to get it, but there was a chance, so I held on to it. That night, I waited by the phone until midnight, ready to give up. It wasn’t going to happen. Until about 10 minutes later, she called, and said she was standing right in front of Joey. I almost threw up. Eventually I got to talk to him and tell him how wonderful I thought he was, and he was the sweetest person ever. I cried for 3 hours. StarKid was my entire life. Fast-forward to April, when I found out that not only was Starship coming out on my birthday, but they were doing screenings. I ended up getting tickets and going with a friend, and it was the best birthday I ever had. I felt good for a while. I met my idols. But depression creeped back to me, I started cutting again, just waiting to graduate. One night in June, I was sitting on my bed, razor in hand, opening old scars, when my Itunes switched. Status Quo came on, and something just broke inside me. This wasn’t me. I shouldn’t be doing this. Nobody would want this for me. And from then on I stopped. I threw every blade away. I haven’t cut in almost 8 months.  In June I had the pleasure of seeing Darren at Irving Plaza, which changed my life. 2 days later I started an organization called I’m Not Sad Today, which focuses on helping teens and young adults with depression. We’ve gained support from some pretty amazing people, including some of the Starkids. My friends went to LeakyCon and gave the StarKids a sign, and Joey ended up tweeting a picture of himself holding it, which promptly caused me to break down. In November I got to go to the SPACE tour, and meet Joey Richter and thank him for everything. I also got to meet Darren Criss, and thank him for everything he’s done for my friends and told him about INST. It was one of the best days of my life. If you’re going through a rough time right now, just remember that you’re not alone. Things do get better. I’m living proof of that. Keep holding on, because although everything seems dark now, you will find the light. You deserve to. <3 harrypotterybarn/formerly lupincantsing SHOW HER SHES WONDERFUL! SHARE YOUR STORY!

**Trigger warning for self-harm, abuse, and just self-loathing in general**

I’ve never been considered, by myself or anyone else, “conventionally pretty.” I’m not super thin and I have child bearing hips and I’ve just never been really confident in myself.

On top of that, I’ve never had a very good home life. Verbal and physical abuse have been thrown around like nobody’s business, which led to me always having self esteem issues. I remember being 13 years old and in 7th grade making myself throw up because although I wasn’t overweight, I wasn’t super skinny either. I was average. And that wasn’t good enough for me.

When I was 13, I also started self-harming. I would mainly do it on my legs, where no one could see, because god forbid anyone found out. I already didn’t have any friends, I couldn’t handle being a freak who couldn’t control her emotions, too.

All throughout grade school, I didn’t have many friends. I remember being 8 years old and going to see Harry Potter for the first time, and instantly being hooked. From then on, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were my new friends.

When I was 13, at the start of 8th grade I finally found a niche. I met my best friend, who I’m still friends with 5 years later, and she is one of the best things to ever happen to me. I still struggled, but things got better. And then I started high school. I developed such bad anxiety that I missed about 2 months of my freshman year because I hated school. I hated it so much that I would throw up every morning so I wouldn’t have to go. I eventually almost didn’t pass, so I had to start going. Once again, things got better.

10th grade was the best year. I joined the marching band. I had a bunch of friends. That summer I found Team StarKid, who saved my life in more ways than one. They gave me a reason to smile again. Summer came and went, and I entered 11th grade. Which was the hardest year of my life. I was still  self-harming, and it had gotten very bad. I barely made it through the year. I failed classes, didn’t do any work, and lost motivation to do everything. That was my last year of band, too, which led to me pulling away from everyone. That summer was hard. I was miserable. That was until I saw this tweet: “Dude. There’s always something to smile about. Always.” That’s what got me through the summer.

Senior year came, and I just wanted to get the hell out of there. I hated everyone. I stopped talking to a lot of people. I was so terribly depressed and I didn’t even know what to do with myself. Winter came and everyone was talking about Team StarKid’s new production: Starship. I knew there was no way I could go, which really upset me. I just wanted to tell them all how they helped me. I had already been on tumblr for about a year at this time, so one of my followers came to me and offered to get Joey Richter to speak to me on the phone. I freaking DIED. She said she might not be able to get it, but there was a chance, so I held on to it.

That night, I waited by the phone until midnight, ready to give up. It wasn’t going to happen. Until about 10 minutes later, she called, and said she was standing right in front of Joey. I almost threw up. Eventually I got to talk to him and tell him how wonderful I thought he was, and he was the sweetest person ever. I cried for 3 hours. StarKid was my entire life. Fast-forward to April, when I found out that not only was Starship coming out on my birthday, but they were doing screenings. I ended up getting tickets and going with a friend, and it was the best birthday I ever had.

I felt good for a while. I met my idols. But depression creeped back to me, I started cutting again, just waiting to graduate. One night in June, I was sitting on my bed, razor in hand, opening old scars, when my Itunes switched. Status Quo came on, and something just broke inside me. This wasn’t me. I shouldn’t be doing this. Nobody would want this for me. And from then on I stopped. I threw every blade away. I haven’t cut in almost 8 months. 

In June I had the pleasure of seeing Darren at Irving Plaza, which changed my life. 2 days later I started an organization called I’m Not Sad Today, which focuses on helping teens and young adults with depression. We’ve gained support from some pretty amazing people, including some of the Starkids. My friends went to LeakyCon and gave the StarKids a sign, and Joey ended up tweeting a picture of himself holding it, which promptly caused me to break down. In November I got to go to the SPACE tour, and meet Joey Richter and thank him for everything. I also got to meet Darren Criss, and thank him for everything he’s done for my friends and told him about INST. It was one of the best days of my life.

If you’re going through a rough time right now, just remember that you’re not alone. Things do get better. I’m living proof of that. Keep holding on, because although everything seems dark now, you will find the light. You deserve to.

<3

harrypotterybarn/formerly lupincantsing

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  • 22nd January
    2012
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Hello all! I’d just like to inform you guys that I plan on selling prints of my photography as a way to raise money for my fundraiser for Girls Inc. 

You can contact me about prints and sizes and costs here: ASK

And if you’re curious at all about my fundraiser and it’s purpose feel free to click HERE!

The selection above is just a hint of what I’ve accomplished in the past 2 years as a photographer, please look through my blog or my deviant art to see my full works!