Bbl Pandemic...

BBL PANORAMIC If you ask me, you’re perfectly made. You are just the way you were intended you to be. However, everyone doesn’t believe that and people go through things in life. Insecurities are normal. More importantly, there’s an increase in monetary gain that comes with getting a bbl. Is it more common or does it seem that way based on you being on social media eighteen hours a day? Based on documentaries I’ve watched, bbl body is equated with success and perfection when perfection does not EXIST! The reality of getting a bbl is that it is a trend at the moment. Trends fade. Your body is not a trend. Before I go any further, this post is not against surgery. It is against societal pressures of getting a bbl and the lack of accountability that seems to be lacking in this conversation. A woman’s body is not a trend. A woman’s body should not be commodity. Bbl stands for Brazilian but lift. Yet, the actual procedure does not include lifting of the derrière. When the procedure is being administered, the fat shouldn’t be penetrating blood vessels, lungs and the heart. Hence why the mortality rate for this particular procedure has continuously risen since 2017. Fetishization. Racial ambiguity. Surgery is empowering women? The fetishizaion of it all is confusing and terribly concerning yet convenient for the beauty and cosmetic industry. Black women are becoming caractures of themselves. For what? Think about this. People who aren’t black or May be white passing are getting surgery to look like you. Then you go and get surgery to look like their inspiration, which is you (without or without the surgery). After all that, women are being told that surgery is empowering. Overcoming insecurities does not contribute I the beauty industry. Surgery does. Having the mental fortitude to overcome your insecurities does not benefit the ever changing beauty standards. Surgery does. The only reason why surgery might be viewed as empowering is because women have the choice to do so. But, would you have wanted to get the surgery if your idea of beauty wasn’t embedded and founded in the male gaze? Sisssssss think about it please. Your validation and confidence comes from within. Your are imperfectly perfect.

This a reminder to all women. Those who've given birth. Those going through puberty. Those dealing with body dysmorphia and anything and everything that comes with being women. You are enough. More than enough. ReplyForward