Posted @withrepost • @popuplift Day 2 of #improvingbodyimage with #pelvicorganprolapse challenge! Remember to repost, share in stories, and tag friends for your chance to win! . All bodies are worthy of care, safety, respect, and admiration. We have been led to believe that there are “good” bodies and “bad” bodies, a narrative often perpetuated in social media. The majority of “idealized” imagery features white, thin, able-bodied, clear-skinned, cisgender people. . Research has shown that a lack of representation can negatively impact self-esteem. Research has also demonstrated that a short bout of viewing high fashion media decreases self esteem whereas viewing other media (architecture, travel) does not have the same effect. . Chances are, you’re spending time on social media. It’s likely that you’re exposed to everyone’s posed and filtered highlight reel. We don’t have to stop seeing the beauty in these images, but what if we focused on expanding our exposure to the broad spectrum of the human experience? . Here’s your challenge for the day: follow bodies similar to and different than your own, and different than what you wish your body could be. Follow people with bodies significantly bigger or smaller than yours, with similar or drastically different abilities. Follow people not giving a damn about their body and living their life. Follow people who engage in dialogue about bodies (their own, and our cultural views). Follow, listen, learn, embrace, and question the narratives about bodies that you’ve absorbed throughout the years. . It’s a little trickier to find pictures of people with POP, but we’ve made it easier: For representation of various POP-presentations, make sure to check out the gallery in our Privates Investigator blog (link in bio). We aim to include real pictures of a broad spectrum of vulvas for the purpose of education and improving genital body image. Genitals with POP are still worthy, valuable, functional, sexual - all the things genitals without POP can be. Seeing that represented (and believing it can be true for you) versus a pathologized perspective that aims to evaluate how “broken” a person’s vagina is can make all the difference. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3uQo98gNlD/?igshid=131atvvv7v1qn