Friday Faves: Big Butts

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There is a time and a place for everything and today is the time and this blog is the place to expose the truth behind how society is effecting the self image of teenagers all over the world.

I'm not sure who you follow on Instagram or if you're even a fan of the Kardashians, but Kim Kardashian West has made efforts to "break the internet." If you aren't sure what this means, it means that Kardashian- West has publicized some racy photos of her in Paper Magazine. I'm sure you're wondering what I mean by racy photos... Kim gave the go ahead to the photographer and magazine to capture nude photos of her to publish in the magazine. 

Since these pictures have been released, Kardashian West has taken a bullet for posting these, but also  since she is a mom. Naya Riveria commented on Kim's Instagram saying "I normally don't. But... you're someone's mother." 

If you asked me what I thought than I would say that it's embarrassing to be associated with a woman who isn't hesitant at all to nonchalantly post naked pictures of herself for the world to see. To her, apparently these naked pictures for the world to see are no big deal to her, but what teenagers and kids who get a peek of these photos see is a serious drop in self-confidence. Whether you think it's true or not, looking at images like that is seriously degrading your self-confidence. It also leads girls to think that when they take off their clothes, their butts are suppose to be that big, their stomach is suppose to be that flat, their skin is suppose to be that flawless, and your hair is suppose to look that good. The truth of the matter is your self worth is not defined based on what you see celebrities post on the internet. The real life in this situation is that no normal 16 year old girl is gonna have a butt that big, skin that clear, and hair that perfect when she's struggling day to day to survive high school. 

Girls around the world pressured by society and feel the pressure to be perfect, what we have to realize (myself included) is that the perfection we're all seeking will not exist as a 16 year old girl. 

I'm not sure how to say it better than the quote at the top does. Your self worth is something that can't be questioned by someone's inability to see your worth. In Proverbs 31, it talks about a woman of character and a wife of noble character, the line that stands out, "She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value." The point to be made is that God designs you in a perfect way, a way that is worth far more than rubies, for you to be valued by someone who has full confidence in you. You lack nothing because you are designed perfectly by the greatest creator there ever was, that enough should give you all of the confidence in the world. 

With that all being said, you cannot question your worth because someone else does, what they think does not matter. You are created by someone who makes you enough.