Skinny Privilege Is A Lie – I'm Plus Size & Get Told I'm Pretty All The Time

I keep hearing about Pretty Privilege and Skinny Privilege but I'm calling bullsh*t. 

I'm a plus size girly and I constantly get complimented by strangers. Not to sound big headed, but every week I get multiple people coming up to me to compliment me on my outfit, or tell me how great I look.

Getting complimented by people always leaves me a little shocked because I'm not slim or super beautiful in the traditional sense. 

But this goes to show that being skinny isn't the be all and end all, and being skinny definitely doesn't equal beauty or worth.

• The other week I was on the tube and a guy told me he loved my outfit. 
• When on the Uber Boat last week and my mum was taking photos of me, a lady started clapping and telling me how great I looked and how gorgeous I was. 
• In Sainsbury's last month while trying on clothes in an aisle (thanks to there being no changing room), a lady said how great the cardigan looked on me. 
• At work, people will often tell me how they love my outfit. 
• While walking through the train station the other month, a lady said she loved my dress. 
• In the hairdressers a couple of months ago, two women complimented my lipstick shade and said how great it looked with my complexion. 
• And at a recent dentist appointment my dentist said my hair colour was great with my skin tone and made me glow. 

All of these compliments shocked me because I'm not traditionally beautiful. And I understand listing them makes me look big headed, but that's not why I've done it.

I'm writing this because 1) complimenting someone can make their day... so we should honestly do it more!! and 2) this all proves skinny and pretty privilege is complete and utter rubbish. 

NONE of the compliments were about my size or weight, they were instead about my confidence to wear certain garments, colours and from the aura and beauty that shines from within me. 

If you want to take away any kind of message from this post, let it be to ensure you compliment people in a genuine way, and to have confidence regardless of your size. 

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