I was raised female. I’m my own best model for body confidence, I guess. I love my body, and I’ve always tried to keep a healthy outlook towards appearance. My mom made it gently plain she thought I was too heavy when I was young, and her criticism always made me feel vaguely uneasy. I think I knew there was something wrong with what she was telling me. Retrospectively, I’m very glad I managed to not internalize that.
I have never dieted, though I counted calories for awhile because of general interest in food. I have to stay on top of maintaining enough weight because my guts have a lot of trouble digesting most kinds of food, so much of what I eat does not stick. If you think you’d love to have this problem, think again.
It would be interesting to be hot in the modern sense, just to see how people might act differently. But I bet it would get old real quick – big breasts look annoying, and I kind of like being very short (except at music shows and on really crowded subway cars). Besides, I think I’m beautiful (I’m a total narcissist – sometimes I arrest my own gaze as I’m passing by a mirror), and so does my beloved (like, mesmerized by my body), so…yeah, I can’t think of someone else I know with more body confidence than I have. Roseanne Barr, if we count people I don’t know personally.
@wilma Now you know me :) I am completely happy with my looks, and I do not obsess about them. I don’t even wear makeup (and that is saying something if you’re my age, female, and spend a lot of time in Manhattan).