Self LOVE

Illustration of self love

The best thing you could do for yourself is walking through a taxi rank when you are feeling down and out or you are feeling fat and uncomfortable. Last week I was taking a taxi from Bree taxi rank to Eastgate and the complements that you get from the que marshals and taxi drivers is amazing, Ive never even had a boyfriend who complements me that much. On an ordinary day when you're in a hurry its very annoying I must say, but as I was sitting in the taxi it hit me that if I was having a bad day all those those complements would have done a very good job of making me feel good about my body, a big lady would have left the rank loving herself because she was shown love and atleast she would know somewhere in the world someone appreciates her and thinks she is beautiful. Sometimes education ruins a good thing, because I sometimes think some things came with being too educated. The guys at the taxi rank are not interlectually inclined like most of the guys we are associated with on a daily basis who dont seem to appreciate us anymore and pass half complements such as "she's beautiful but she's put on too much weight since last year". I look at them and I think but your not as hot as last year either, get a grip guys and just let us be!! These are our hips and thighs our bums and our boobs and we love them :)

CURVES AHEAD!!



Plus Size model walking down the run way!

The myth that is created by society and the media especially social media that skinny girls  are beautiful or rather better looking than full figured girls and are socially acceptable is not true. Due to the roller coaster created by social media constantly changing our lives trying to mould it, to fit in what they want society to believe. In my research I came across a drum magazine in this edition they were celebrating 60years of drum being in existance. One thing I noticed was that back in the day models were big or what is known today as "plus size models", women born in the 50's,60's and 70's loved their curves and they embraced them. They were not afraid to wear what ever they wanted whether it was long or short these women just loved themselves. They were seen as beautiful and perfect enough to fit what ever scene the media felt that they should be seen in. Once again the media is channelling our lives in the direction it wants and is ruling the lives of many people.  One thing we have to remember is that we African girls are built to fill our clothes to the brim lol let us forget what the media says is right or wrong and just love our curves!!

Love YOUR Body :)

I think that we need to remove these binding chains that society has set for us, these chains that kill our self confidence and any hope of ever feeling beautiful in our own bodies. Why is that people conform so much to rules set by society instead of being yourself and create your rules and make society conform to what you have set for yourself and what makes you happy. If you cannot be happy with who you are, and what you have then nothing in the world can ever make you happy. You'll just always go with the flow because you want to fit in this "perfect" world which everyone else has created for you. Who said full figured girls are not for all seasons? We need to love ourselves and appreciate our bodies as well as dress for them. Big sizes are created to be worn by big girls because they look good in anything, so dont be ashamed guys and girls if you've got it, FLAUNT IT because your beautiful and theres nothing anybody can do to change that!!! :)

A body that fits!!

Some people are happy that summer is finally coming to an end, mainly because they are tired of the heat and the fact we all look good in winter fashion. Our bodies fit into anything we want to wear without having to worry about how our tummies are sticking out or how bad your cellulite looks in shorts. Winter is considered to be the comfortable season for all where you can eat what you like and still fit into your clolthes perfectly. Its shocking how society and what peoples thoughts on us control our lives,your prefrence of season and fashion sense. Even men have a preference on which body they would like their women to have each season,its been said that in winter ladies with a fuller figure look good in winter fashion. But remember this do not get too comfortable in winter and bing or over eat,the trench coat can only cover so much. Summer will be back again in five months and you dont want to be faced with an even bigger problem (excuse the pun).

"The Beach Body"

Nowadays going to the beach is about having a hot body, having a six pack,the perfect bum, hips and hot legs. Unlike the good old days,where going to the beach was about having fun with family or your friends. I visited Durban a couple of weeks ago and as I was laying on the sand getting a tan on I was listening to a group of people criticising some lady about her weight saying "look at how fat that lady is she shouldnt be dressed like that" pointing fingers and highlighting all the faults on her body! I turned around to get a glimpse of these critics,and to my surprise niether of them was a Kim Kardashian! In that moment I asked myself,why are people so concerned with other peoples weight and faults when they themselves are not perfect? In reality,they should be worrying about their own! In my opinion stereotypes and stigmas should be removed especially in places like the beach. So people can be free since we all live in a "free" country! 

Lets help reduce global warming

Many people do not understand what global warming means. Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of the earths atmosphere and oceans. An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount of rain experienced by the world,hurting many people,plants and animals. Reducing your families heat trapping emmisions does not mean letting go of modern conviniences, it only means making smart choices and using energy-efficient products. The next time you buy a car choose one with the best fuel economy,this not only reduces global warming but will save you thousands.When buyying appliances look for the energy saving star label on new appliances such as freezers and refregirators.Replace one regular light bulb with one saving one. Most importantly plant a tree! In addition to storing carbon trees provide much needed shade in summer,reducing energy bill and fossil fuels.The ultimate objective in getting the world involved in reducing the emmisions of greenhouse gases is to help save the planet.Lets work together in making choices that will greatly reduce our families global warming impacts.