Media rant

So i've been advised to "just be spontaneous" with this because i'm boring and do nothing with my weekends or have no serious amount of drama kick off in my life. The only time that ever happens is when i'm honest with somebody and it's me that comes off as the bad one so, obviously, i don't do it unless i have a particularly serious reason to. 

So aside from being a witness to my four month old puppy humping every available fluffy surface within reach, i have literally done nothing but watch Supernatural and organise my college folders. I lead an exciting life. So i've decided to write about something fairly mainstream but still a massive issue in my eyes and probably many others. 

Some of my friends at college suffer from serious self-esteem issues. Which is pretty standard for any teenager but in this society, it is growing worse.
The pressure to be "the perfect body type" is absolutely ridiculous. Young girls are being taught by the media from the age of like five that you are more superior if you look, act, speak and dress a certain way. I'm sorry but no. People should be happy in themselves and not dwell on what anybody else thinks. For example, Miley Cyrus. American child star who's career started when she bagged the role of Hannah Montana when she was eleven. She's now twenty-one and still people treat her as if she's suddenly going to throw on a wig and start singing "Nobody's Perfect" which is actually a pretty relevant song to this topic.

Nobody is perfect. So stop trying to be. The media has created a template of what they expect girls to look like these days. To be a model you have to be like a size 0-4 and have a "thigh gap" to walk the catwalk. I'm sorry but i'd rather see a dress on a plus sized model and have her work it than on a twig and see it hang there lifelessly. I'd rather have boring brown hair than bright red hair that fades in a week and starts to look chavvy and cheap. What i'm trying to say is be who you want to be. Wear what the hell you want to wear. 

To be honest, i find "not perfect" - on both males and females - a hell of a lot more attractive than perfect. Yes, when you are in a relationship that person does become perfect to you. But they will never be perfect in societies eyes. Perfect is unnatural. Who wants to be perfect when you can be normal and quirky? Why be thinner when you can have more dinner? You be "the perfect body shape" in your eyes. No one else's. Because your opinion of yourself is the only one you will have to live with forever. Not the media's.  Not a celebrity's. Yours. So make it a good one. You too boys!

- I'm aware this is a fairly cringy post but it's the only thing i could think to write of for long enough that it didn't look like a crappy facebook status.