#i weigh

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what i weigh...

I weigh the price of my determination to stay strong and fit and happy and relatively pain free against the value of a number on the scale.

I weigh the value of my kindness and commitment to my community against the value of the number on a scale.

I weigh the love I have in my heart for all of God's creatures and for the world we live on as more valuable than diet culture.

I weigh the value of my character as more important than the number in the back of my goddamn blue jeans.

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Asexuality and Aromanticism with Yasmin Benoit - Earwolf

Activist, model, and writer Yasmin Benoit joins Jameela this week to share her experience and work as an asexual and aromantic person.

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Simon Amstell - I Weigh with Jameela Jamil - Omny.fm

Comedian, host, and writer Simon Amstell joins Jameela this week to discuss his being a shy child finding his voice in theater, the way his

Simon Amstell joins Jameela Jamil on her podcast “I Weigh” to discuss his being a shy child finding his voice in theater, the way his sexuality played into his struggles with shame and lack of self-confidence, his experiences with Ayahuasca and how it helped him get to the root of his depression, what a "spirit hole" is, and more.

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Things to listen to on a bad body image day 🎙️

Edit: This isn't a advice, this is what am doing.

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A Look Into Tabloid Culture with Dean Piper

Caption: Publicist and former UK tabloid journalist Dean Piper joins Jameela to discuss the ins-and-outs of tabloid journalism, and the way it impacts the way we view women. They discuss how social media has impacted celebrity journalism and empowered celebrities, the lengths paparazzi go to to "get the shot," the way tabloid journalism creates "build them up and tear them down" narratives around women, and the ways we as the public should also be held accountable.

I think everybody needs to listen to this episode! 

Note: they mention One Direction for a little bit because it was Dean that broke the story of Harry and Caroline. 

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I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

is one of the best podcasts. I just love how much she is talking with all kinds of people about mental health and personal issues.

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Jameela Jamil and why she’s great

One of my favorite things about Jameela Jamil and the i weigh movement is that it doesn’t force you to accept the parts of you that you don’t like.

Don’t get me wrong, for many people the body positivity movement is incredibly helpful and uplifting. But, a lot of the rhetoric surrounding it involves saying that EVERY feature, no matter what, is beautiful.

But this can actually be just as damaging.

I had bad acne as a teen. It wasn’t beautiful. I never thought it was. No amount of people telling me that the zits and blisters covering my face were all beautiful made me ever believe they were. I hated having acne. I couldn’t believe it was beautiful, and a lot of that rhetoric saying that it was beautiful hurt me. It invalidated the negative feelings I had towards my skin, and instead filled me with empty promises that it was beautiful. Because to me, it just simply wasn’t.

I weigh and Jameela Jamil have a completely different philosophy. Their philosophy is that you don’t have to make yourself think your ‘flaws’ are beautiful. They say you shouldn’t even factor your body into your self worth. Not matter if I thought my acne was beautiful or ugly, Jameela Jamil would say that it has nothing to do with my worth as a person. The same goes for my height, my weight, etc. I don’t have to make myself think my physical flaws are beautiful, I just have to not think about them at all. 

Because any part of your body, no matter what it looks like, should not affect your self worth.

And for people like me, this is incredibly freeing. I don’t have to convince myself that acne is beautiful. I just have to ignore it, and spend more time thinking about the things that do give me worth as a person. 

Now, this philosophy isn’t for everyone. Some people are able to find beauty in all of their physical features, and that’s amazing for them. But for the ones who can’t do that, I Weigh and Jameela Jamil have an alternative way.

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