Recently a lot of awareness against body shaming has surfaced on the internet yet it still is a major problem that teenagers, irrespective of their gender, face today. The term body shaming means to degrade or mock someone on the basis of their physical appearance. It actually has a very wide scope, it can include mocking someone’s size, height, hair, weight, muscularity and even facial features. There are three ways of body shaming - one is mocking someone’s appearance in front of them, then comes doing that behind someone’s back and the most dangerous type of body shaming is probably when we become our own critiques and compare ourselves to others. Why do people body shame? When we are arguing with someone, sometimes the easiest way to hurt them is probably by making fun of their appearance. Instead of conveying emotions appropriately, some people end up taking personal jabs at each other and others think it’s funny. When did it become funny to call out a person on their body? M...
Meraki [may-rah-kee] (Greek adjective)To do something with soul, love or creativity; leaving a piece of yourself into what you are doing.
We take our inspiration from this beautiful word and aim to do the same. This blog will be a collection of our thoughts and experiences on teenager-specific issues that we’ve had to face.
We aspire to create a safe space for sharing feelings, while being real and shattering common teenage misconceptions, from the points of view of four teenagers.