As soon as the weather gets warmer and the season starts to change girls can expect to see bathing suits in all of the stores they shop in and with the introduction of this years bathing suits comes the constant reminder that you need to start working on your body.
There is an increase in the pressure to confirm to a socially determined “perfect” body for your time on the beach or by the pool. I think it is more important to stress the importance of loving your body in a bathing suit, as the weather gets warm.
Here are a few things to remember when you are trying to find a bathing suit you feel comfortable in:
1. Label your bodies supposed “imperfections” as adornments.
2. Remind yourself that having a different body does not mean you have the wrong body.
3. The only person who should have a say in your appearance is YOU.
4. You can rock that bathing suit as long as you believe you can.
5. Lastly in the wise words of Tina Fey “If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?”
Another thing to keep in mind is that you should love your body no matter what season it is. We are all different and in my opinion that is something to be valued, not changed. You should always love the things that make you, you.