This Body-Positive Twitter Thread Proves We Are All Beautiful, Exactly As We Are

I sometimes get asked why my weight is in my bio and FYI it's bc I think it's weird how people have no idea what different weights look like

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

Because of vanity sizing and people feelings obligated to lie about weight, there's this weird obscuring of how fat/weight manifests itself.

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

its nice to b honest about my size/weight bc ppl are often surprised I shop plus size which proves they dont know what plus size looks like

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

Hey I'm 5'7", 172 lbs, approx a size 12/14 with 34E boobs & I see nothing to hide about that. These are just facts, measurements and ratios.

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

Part of the reason this is important to me is bc I've struggled w/ bulimia for 14 years and a lot of that obsession was w/ numbers.

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

A lot of those "goal weight" numbers were so arbitrary but I absorbed them from people who said certain weights = good and other weights=bad

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

I love (LOVE) being a beauty editor but I understand the fashion/beauty industry puts a lot of negative pressure on weight and size

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

1 thing I hope to eventually influence as a beauty editor (along w/all the +size bloggers who blazed the trail) is less focus on weight+size

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

It's not like I don't dislike my body sometimes, but I do think it's important to think "hey why don't I feel good enough the way i am?"

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

Anyway like I said I'm 172 lbs/size 12-14 and this is what I look like so WAZZAAAP & show me ur beautiful selfies!! pic.twitter.com/KQGPy9nw8J

— Sam Escobar (@myhairisblue) August 17, 2016

This kind of honesty and openness is SO refreshing. So often, any talk about weight, size and even food consumption is shrouded in mystery. There is rarely talk of actual numbers — and even when there is, those numbers are rarely accurate, because as Sam points out, vanity sizing makes it hard to know what size you really are. It makes it hard to get a clear idea of your body when one retailer tells you you’re a size 8 and the next tells you you’re a 12!

While it’s normally considered a taboo to compare ourselves to others, and it can sometimes be unhealthy for body image, the conversation that Sam started had the opposite results. Many people responded to Sam’s tweets with their own stats (height, weight, and/or size) and full-length body shots, and so many of the comments were grateful for the body-positive conversation. An astonishing number of people have skewed perceptions of their own bodies these days, and seeing our own measurements on other people can help us look at our own bodies more objectively and see that we are beautiful too.

@myhairisblue this is an amazing thread. Really proves weight is such an irrationally fetishized concept and means v little

— Angela Lashbrook (@lemonsand) August 17, 2016

@myhairisblue hiiii I'm 5'6", 130 lbs, size 6ish and still learning to love my body (it's always changing), also ily pic.twitter.com/m2PIM3OQOa

— rosémary (@rosadona) August 17, 2016

And truly — we all are beautiful, regardless of our size. That’s the point of Sam’s tweets. Regardless of weight or a number on a tag, we are all worthy of feeling great when we get dressed and take a selfie in the mirror — we’re also worthy of a bunch of faves and RTs.

Head on over to Sam’s thread on Twitter and read all the wonderful responses. They’ve also RT’ed a ton of replies, and you don’t want to miss that, so check them out here!

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