Exactly. (Image and words below.)

I cannot tell you how many time someone bigger than me hugs me and exclaims: You're too small!! (I won't go into the vibes they are throwing at me.... )

Once I slipped on the ice and a man watching me actually said: Maybe if you gained a bit of weight that wouldn't happen!!

It makes me mad and embarasses me. I am small. I am not even at the height of my fitness. Which is probably good for haters - otherwise I'd be like ... Mmmmm... A small King Kong.

I guess the pendulum always swings. But, seriously, get off my ass.

That is all.

(That being said - be your own self. I personally don't give a crap what size we are. Just let me be my natural size.)

AMEN!!!

Seriously, somebody else's body is NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

I can agree with the girl on the poster's words. Having an ample chest and backside, and an otherwise built of an adolescent boy earns me comments along the lines of, "how can you be built like that? is it all real?", "you looked petite....", "you should be really thankful you're built like that, most women pay for what you've got."

Umm, thanks, I guess.

I would add that perhaps someone would unjustly criticize the girl in the poster without knowing her, based on health concerns. But I could say the same thing in response when I am concerned about a woman that looks very obese.

@ mina... I considered saying the same about the choice of the girl in the poster. But, jesus, that's the point, right? We are all built differently. For example, I'm not tall. So freaking what???? Grrrrr.

I guess that's the difference between being and comparing - and so, by default, never being.

(Yes. I'm losing it tonight.)

Michele--I like to think I can't loose what I never had. Between a natal 1st house Moon, and a pr. Sun in Cancer, I think crazy is the new/old me. ;)

I forgot to add that people look at me, and never can size me correctly. They think I'm a lean size 6, and must fit the little people clothes. Umm, no, not unless I want to be squished in the wrong places. And I'll admit I try my best to hide my curvy parts most of the time in public. I'm working on finding a balance between confident in my own skin, and not being a peacock/hen.

At the end of the day, it comes down to how you feel in your own skin. 

I'm quite thin, but everytime I gain or lose, it goes to and from my chest and my hips. When my weight drops or I'm off birth control, my curves will go.... and that I'm not okay with. Curves make ME feel sexy. Likewise, I find musculature very sexy and I feel much more confident with strong firm legs and arms than just being thin. If some guy told me I was "too muscular," I wouldn't give a **** :) Right now I consider myself "skinny fat" and I don't like it lol

I don't impose my physical ideals on others, though I DO encourage a healthy lifestyle in general; good diet, exercise and vitamins. 

I won't lie, if I see someone who is extremely skinny or malnourished, I'm obviously gonna think they have some sort of problem. I've had people come up to me concerned about weight loss and me getting too thin. You have to understand too how prevalent eating disorders are on top of the stigma to be thin. It's, in my opinion, a logical concern and I'd probably be concerned too if my daughter was much skinnier than the norm.

Just gotta play with the cards you're dealt with my friend :)