01/09/2026
What if the person looking back in the mirror isn’t the problem you’ve been told she is?👀 I often think about how I used to look in the mirror and scrutinise my body in the exact same way that women were torn apart in magazines. I was basically doing a real life circle of shame on myself. Hyper focusing on my stomach and thighs. Looking at the stretch marks and cellulite. I wasn’t looking at myself, I was scrutinising myself. There’s actually research on this too. Fredrickson and Roberts names it self-objectification back in 1997, it is the habit of view your body from an outside perspective. Like it is something to be watch and judged, instead of living and experiencing it from the inside, instead of living your life. It is not vanity, it’s definitely not just ow women are. It is a trained response to every magazine, every comment, every time we saw women judged for there bodies. We were taught to see our bodies through this lens. It was learned. Which means it can be unlearned. Comment “BREAK” and I’ll send you something to break that lens.✨