SKINNY - Spoken Word

I LOVE YOU MISS DODIE CLARK.

Excellent!

Really proud of you dude :)

skinny girls want more weight so they can fit bras and dresses and society's ideas that curves and big breasts are as beautiful as it gets, but as soon as they get it and it's not in the places they want, they're not beautiful enough.

why can't people be enough just being people. why do we have to look a certain way.

the word fat is not a problem
the word skinny is not a problem
it's the precedent that they should be, that's a problem

Dodie, you are so incredibly intelligent. This is so. SO. good. The rhythm and pace, your timing and of course the content. like, damn. its so good. please. more. more spoken word. <3

I try so hard just to be thin
Because in society, I don't fit in.
I'm too fat, I try to hide it
But I'm pressured to 'be fit'
Ugly on the outside, broken inside
Because I'm not accepted I always hide
Now I've done something that I regret
But I tell no one to fret.
I hate my body because I'm so thick
I decided to go make myself sick
Now I have cuts all over my arms,
That rings everyone's alarms.
Wake up and open your eyes
Everyone hides in a disguise

This is my story but it gets much worse
Can anyone save me from this horrid curse.
My friends are worried when i don't eat
But I never tell them I just want to be petit

Love you guys x

I'm glad you finally decided to do some spoken word. Well done. :)

This is one of my favourite poems by one of my favourite poets, Ernest Hemmingway (Aka E.H), I always stick to it when ever I feel insecure.
You are not your age,
Nor the size of clothes you wear,
You are not a weight,
Or the colour of your hair.
You are not your name,
Or the dimples in your cheeks,
You are all the books you read,
And all the words you speak.
You are your croaky morning voice,
And the smiles you try to hide,
You’re the sweetness in your laughter,
And every tear you’ve cried.
You’re the songs you sing so loudly,
When you know you’re all alone,
You’re the places that you’ve been to,
And the one that you call home.
You’re the things that you believe in,
And the people that you love,
You’re the photos in your bedroom,
And the future you dream of.
You’re made of so much beauty,
But it seems that you forgot,
When you decided that you were defined,
By all the things you’re not.

This video is A W E S O M E Dodie well done :D ps: pls love urself <3

omg i feel that shit all the time i want to cry
i wish i didn't care
but i also feel that i'll never be ok unless i'm skinny

This put me to tears because I'm a reoccurring anorexic ;-;

How have I not seen this yet? This as so beautiful!

I loved it. Beautiful.
For anyone reading, listen close and don't judge me until you hear my whole story.
I'm a tenth grader who weighs under a hundred pounds. I weigh as much as the common seventh grader. I can't gain weight as easy as you think. Eating isn't enough. I even lose weight for the smallest things. I have an appetite problem so my weight fluctuates easily. I also tend to fracture bones easier than normal people. I've fractured the same toe three times in a one year period and it's not because I'm clumsy.
I grew up being bullied because of my weight and because of my appearance.
For those of you going through that, whether it's for being "skinny" or "fat", you're not alone. I share your pain.
It doesn't matter what your body looks like. Just know that you're beautiful in every shape you take. If anyone else says otherwise, remember the skinny ghost on YouTube that said you were beautiful.

They played a small part of this on my local radio station here in canada! :)

I am skinny, and my thoughts have gone from indifferent to love over the past several years, with a bit of insecurity in the teen years. unfortunately, there are those who dislike their body and /want/ to be skinny, when it's really not all that great, and tell me i'm ugly and boys like more fat. they aren't into skinny. i have no boobs. none of those things are true. i am beautiful and don't need a boy to tell me that, particularly because i'm slightly more into girls, but they don't need to reassure me either. everyone has different taste in who they're attracted to. i know people who love curvy, skinny, short, tall, chubby, bony, girls, boys, everything in between. everyone has different taste. and no boobs? proportionally i'm a DD. i'm a tall, thin person. i'm just shaped differently. i'm still very well proportioned. also boobs aren't important. or, rather, large boobs aren't important. breasts are very nifty for feeding babies. and... other purposes, but really, they don't have to be big to enjoy.

and then there are the people on the other end who think i'm pretty and say i should model. personally, i get offended when people say i should model. no. i cannot handle people telling me to work out and eat less. i have an eating disorder. i cannot handle people yelling at me. i'm a fucking abuse victim. and i don't like getting my picture taken. i could never pose correctly. i have no sense of where my limbs are when i'm not looking at them. thanks for calling me a human clothes hanger and thanks for disregarding my entire personality. i'm obviously not fit for the modeling business.

if you think i'm pretty, tell me i'm pretty or just... smile or something. you can even just stare, but don't tell me what to do.
like i'll smile and say thank you because i hate being mean, but inside i'm crying because i've heard it so many times and it makes me feel worse and worse because it's like people stop viewing me as a person and start viewing me as a body.

my body is great, but so am i.

this rant is probably going to piss a lot of people off. i'm genuinely sorry, but my feelings on the matter will remain the same. and keep in mind, i still have feelings even though i'm skinny and beautiful. (and how could i possibly have depression when i have nothing to be depressed about because i'm young and beautiful DO PEOPLE EVEN FILTER THEIR WORDS.)

i just hear a lot of shit because i have a body. you have a body, too. you can probably relate.

How come I haven't seen this video till now?! This is brilliant Dodie <3

when you thought she was bowing at the end and really she was picking up ice cream
life goals <3

YOU GO GIRL

Oh wow, love this. Great work Dodie! <3 

I don't think I've ever truly understood this poem until now. I'm struggling with anorexia, which isn't really what the poem is about, but I understand this and relate to this completely now. A beautiful, powerful poem, Dodie.

Proudly eating a massive wedge of cheesecake as I watched this.

Preach it, Dodie!

i'm super skinny, it's not that great. i feel ugly for being a skeleton. don't worry girls, you're ALL beautiful whatever size you are. <3 this was beautiful dodie :)

I love this. Gives us a different perspective on things as I always look at your figure as something I'd like to achieve as I'm a size or two bigger than you are. Just shows that because you think someone is beautiful, doesn't mean the person always can see it that way (which you should, you are lovely<3)

I'm skinny, but I have body dysmorphia so I relate to this more than I should

I hate the way my body looks and it just makes it worse that I have skinny friends. We go out shopping and I have to not buy clothes because we only shop in the kids section and none of those clothes fit me, this captures my feelings about the way I look and I hate that I get bad days where I just can't stick to a healthy amount of food. I hate the way my body looks but I eat to make myself feel better. I have been tempted to give up eating and have done in the past. I joke about my weight and how much I eat, but then feel horrible inside because of all of the weight I put on when I eat any tiny morsel of food. All of my friends look at me when I say i'm a women's size 10-12 at age 12 and say "Oh my god that's so big!" It makes me feel horrible inside because all of them have waists that fit into 7-8 children's clothes. They don't realise that the comments they make about my size hurt me so much. I have other friends around me that are size 4-6 women's clothes and say that they need to diet because their thighs are too big when they touch the slightest bit, or when their stomach is bigger than their boobs. It makes me feel so insecure and I hate it!! I sometimes feel like I just want all of it to end.

This is it!! This is the first video by Dodie I saw, since then I've had a crush on her, she's helped me with my depression and sexuality and I've met her and WOW SHES SO LOVELY I'm glad I found this video

This poem just about perfectly sums it up! I'm a healthy weight yet I still feel fat. I keep saying veggies, but I eat the opposite. Why is it that we want to be skinny. Why is it that we feel like we need to be skinny? No matter how hard I try I don't think I'll ever feel perfectly comfortable in my own skin no matter what anyone says. However, I guess that's the way it is for everyone! I love how you are willing to post things like this to help us with our problems and show us that we aren't the only people feeling these things!

You almost made me cry. To know that someone else feels exactly like you is one of the best things. I'm still determined to lose weight, but this reminds me that it's not everything to be skinny. I'm not severely overweight but I hate what I see when I look in the mirror all I see is pudge and baby fat I feel like I can't pull of any cute aesthetics or styles that I see because I'm not skinny but I'm not curvy I'm just fat and I hate it. I hate myself every day, almost every time I ear anything and I strive to lose weight but I can't so I get sad and eat unhealthily and I hate myself more.

You eat to live
But I live to eat
Chips and fried things
Salty or sweet
I try to resist it
Really I do
But it does me no good
Eat; then start anew
Tomorrow'll be better
Tomorrow I'll fast
But yesterday's promises just do not last
I look in the mirror
I hate what I see
But someday I'll look and I'll love me for me

Sooo i'm pretty petite and i'm also incredibly tiny ( 1.50m)
And in my class at college there were only curvier taller bigger girls.
And they always said "bones are for dogs" "oh my boobs hurt when i run you kno.. oh wait you don't understand anyway"
and "men don't go for sticks"
I love everyone loving themselves, and i definitely dont think skinny should be a goal or the norm or whatever.
But i feel like there also shouldn't be a reason to shame anyone because they are naturally slim.
I eat greens once a month and i stuff myself with ice cream and junkfood ( very unhealthy i know x'D) but i still weigh the same as 4 years ago.
I don't want to be looked down upon ( no pun intended) because my body is the way it is.
And i love your poem dodie <3
It's not shaming it's just stating that skinny shouldn't be a norm and you can be happy with yourself.
I only wish everyone could just accept each others bodies without feeling the need to shame.

The fact that this 1. summed up every thought I've been having for a long time now and 2. was performed, if that is the right word, in an absolutely awe-inspiring way... Thanks, Dodie. I kind of needed this.

I am a guy and cannot get fat (literally). If I don't excersize, I get thinner. I need to work hard not to be too skinny. Otherwise I am fit.
But I think that because perfection is unreachable, and because people always want to become more pretty or better, there will always be a striving toward an ideal.
Whether it be a fabricated one, like the media tells us, or not.
I know that if someone feels bad about their body, there is little another person can say that will erase the anxiety about it. But I will say it anyway, because I know that sometimes it makes them feel good enough. So here it goes: your personality makes you a really beautiful person, whether or not your face or body is beautiful by your own or some artificial standards. In my experience self-confidence, wit and a shining personality can even "erase" the ugliest pimple.
Which doesn't mean you can't do anything about it of course. BUT. If you are concerned a lot about it, I think you misplace the attention or the media or your environment has too much effect on you.

Ive been battling anorexia for some time now and I can tell you now skinny doesn't taste good. It taste like chronic fatigue, like decay and depression. Even when I was at my worst, I could still never see what everyone else could. As far as I could see, I never lost a satisfactory amount of weight. I still hated my body. Never diet girls its die with a t. Enjoy your life, you are all so beautiful! I wish that message would transcend to every girl on is planet. Theres too much suffering - end the war against your body girls and guys and start one with society!

Meh. I go through periods of self confidence and self hatred. Most of the time I'm in the middle, bout when I see my stick-thin friends or my slender cousin who's my age, I get sad. But then I see things like this and all of my happiness returns. Thanks for everything!

you've done a lot of good with this, thank you.

When I first watched this, it was a month before I started recovery from my eating disorder, and it hit so hard cause it verbalised everything I felt. Amazing poem and lovely performance. < 3

i love this so much. i can relate so much because i'm not fat but i'm not skinny and i just feel like i'm stuck in between. i wish this had more views - there are more people like us.

This made me break down into tears, I love this message, thank you for sharing it with the world. <3

this was so good, loved the ver ability and the overall delivery of this short, so so good!! 😊

MAYA: Just wanted to say that I love this and have watched it so many times! I really agree with your message and I feel inspired to write my own poetic spoken word :)

perfectly worded <3

Being a big/fat girl, this truly turned perspectives a lot. We want what we can't or don't have. It's a human instinct. I just wish people would be happy. :) we are all equal human beings. No better or less than the other!

Why strive to be skinny? And for skinny people, why strive to be chubby? If your body is naturally skinny or a bu chubbier, EMBRACE IT. God didnt just out of the blue picked your body type to be like that cuz yolo. no! He chose is because he knew someone out there will love it just as much as he does. People who strive for perfection dont get happier. They just dont. They compare, they lose hope, simply because its IMPOSSIBLE to be perfect. Flaws are what makes us human, and god loves it. A lot of people love it. Just know there is no one out there who will be like you. Embrace that, dont change it. You only have the body once. But obviously if your unhealthy, you need to fix that. God bless i love you all

that ice-cream looks delicious

This is my exact inner monologue. I'm body positive about everyone except me.

Love this, Dodie! Makes me want to create things ^^

this is a really awesome poem and I love it but what I love more is your acting, christ Dodie that was powerfully delivered <3

Im going to try & add some chords to this - hopefully it shall make a great song!! Thanks for making this ;3 Xx

this is actually amazing x everybody needs to hear this

I started watching this practically on a loop after I realised I was heading down the path to anorexia. It really helps.

Why does this describe everything I feel... dodie you literally are amazing at conveying the thoughts in our minds.

<3 Thank you for this, I feel all of those things too, but it's never "ok" to say them out loud... It was a beautifully worded piece.

I basically have this fight with myself everyday, it's so amazing to have it written so powerfully and well performed, hope you're doing ok love you doddie and thank you <3

absolutely loved this dodie :') such an amazing poem!

I'm so glad I found this poem again! I listened to it a couple years ago and I'm so happy to add it to my poetry playlist now

as a person with an eating disorder, this really touched me. thank you, dodie.❤️

Love Love Love this! performed with so much character and expression<3

Loved this poem so much, so relatable and inspirational. Keep doing so much talent!

This is amazing! I think majority of us feel the same way, and you so elegantly put it into words. Well done! (By the way, you are beautiful!)

i'm about 5'0 tall, and have chubby thighs, a round tummy and some flab on my arms. i'm not obese, i'm not skinny. i've got curves and a nice butt, even though i always wear heels to make me taller and make my legs seem longer, slimmer. i say i love my body and i do! but you love family and they get on your nerves too. maybe i should write a poem. maybe i should work out. maybe i shouldn't care. i say i don't and i don't, most of the time at least. my friend says she's too skinny, except she's beautiful, and my ex said he was too fat, except he was beautiful, too. so why am i the exception in my own eyes? that's silly. so, so silly.

In 2 minutes you just described how I feel almost everyday of my life. Thank you for this :)

This is such an amazing poem and so inspiring! I can't stop watching this🌸

Ahhh I love this!! This is basically my life .... You are so inspirational Dodie! Love you so much Dodie xxxx

This is excellent! A message that I feel passionately about delivered perfectly, I love it :)

This is flipping amazing Dodie! I love how you presented this video, do more like this please? :) I like to deal with feeling gross some days by just thinking about how temperary our bodies are, but how infinite our minds are x

I'm so proud of you for making this Dodie <33

I love this!!! It is so inspiring! I love that you made this. I hope that more people stumble across your videos just like I have.

Awww DODES! Girly admission - I've always wanted to get super-fit-and-healthy but have always liked the yums too much. It's just so important to both do your best and give yourself a break occasionally. No one's perfect, and as long as you're doing your best you can't be mad at yourself, huh? :) xx

i wrote all of this down in my little note book because this poem means so much to me, thank you for making it <3

tbh. I used to be very self aware of my weight. But a few years ago I got so sick of what people thought about me and no matter how hard I tried to loose weight I never lost any. Then one day my doctor said that in order for me to loose weight I would have to have surgery do to my genes. My genetics made it so that I was stuck being chubby. But now, looking in the mirror, I'm happy how I look. Knowing that my ancestors gave me this beautiful body. I love my body, and I love that I'm a little chubby (and so does my bf <3). I'm NOT going to change myself just to be what society says I need to be. I'm NOT going to let the judgment get to me. Cause you know what? It's no one's place to judge.
Love yourself girls and boys. Just look at yourself and say thank you to your ancestors, and remember. If your alive, the. your ancestors must have got lucky. ;)

Damn this was awesome!

GO DOODLE <3

Thank you so much!! This is exactly how I feel!! And you performed it so well! :)

Wow! That was absolutely beautiful, I love poerty love to hear more of your poems and not the least Well Spoken

Dodie this is amazing ^^ please do more of this! The way you delivered the poem was amazing :0 and this is a very touchy subject and you handled it very well ^^ ps. I love your acting x

Thank you so much dodie- today my mom and I argued about my weight. She said she understood though she has always been skinny and beautifully built. I on the other hand CAN hear the people in class. In the halls. Maybe they don't care. Maybe it's my imagination that gets me in so much trouble. Or maybe when I hear them laugh they are laughing at me. I wear one oversized jacket and jeans everyday to hide as much skin as possible. People ask- why do you wear hat one hoodie? It must be so hot! Well I just don't get how everyone else is so perfect.

Sincerely,
An imperfect Girl

Wow, this is really, really powerful. even though I'm a guy, this twanged the emotionals in my heart. Beautifully presented.

this video basically described exactly how I feel, love you dodie!<3

It's so scary that people as thin as you feel this way. Body dysmorphia has somehow become such a wide-spread disorder in our society.

This video literally describes my life, my biggest insecurity is my weight and I am in a constant battle between being healthy for my figure and binge eating for my emotions. It's so tough. I literally loathe my body more than words can describe. This so perfectly puts into words how I feel about myself.

This has such a powerful meaning! Dodie your writing skills are impeccable!

This is absolutely inspiringly beautiful @doddleoddle! <3

This is really inspiring thank you for sharing this with the world :)

I need to have this song tattooed on the back of my hand, so every time I reach for the sprouts or the almonds or my running shoes or my weights in desperation, I can just look at it and say, "Okay, maybe not today."

This is wonderful, thank you for being brave and publishing it. 
Every time I watch your uke videos I always think, doesn't that girl have lovely long arms and fingers, perfect for playing ukulele? 
No of us are immune from these feelings are we, no matter what shape or how old we are.

I love this type of poetry! Well done doddleoddle :)

This is actually amazing I started crying no joke

This was so inspiring, I love this 😌

This was so beautiful hearing everything rhyme <3 I'm sorry you feel that way but just know that I, a stranger behind a screen love watching your videos and listening to your songs!

A little chunk of fat doesn't bother me at all! More fat on you means more of you and we love you!

Never forget that because that's, what's really important.

Not those stupid numbers on the scale, I know, I've been there.

Going from hating my body to loving it was a long and tough ride but I made it. And this will sound so cheesy but if I could make it with all my syndromes, diagnoses and the mental illness list that never seem to end then so can you.

I wish you the best of luck, fighter!

We, your lovely subscribers, will love you and support you no matter what!

<3<3<3

i cannot even begin to explain how much i love this. you're so damn talented dodie! keep smiling, you're perfect just the way you are c: <3

I love spoken word and this was deffo a loved one. Thanks for sharing, Dodie!

This was so on point. Beautifully written and performed too, you should be so proud of yourself <3

This is beautiful, and so are you! <3 Everybody is beautiful in their own way. Even if you aren't beautiful to everybody, you are certainly beautiful to somebody.

That was amazing! (: I love spoken word and I live your singing voice ! Have you even watched slam poetry? It's pretty cool. There in some really good ones in feminism and other touchy societal topics.

This is soo motivating. I love this, you're the best. ❤️❤️

I can't tell you how much I love this, so awesome!❤️❤️❤️

YES. Exactly. Yes yes yes. This is exactly how I feel. And people say "you don't need to worry, all those models in magazines are photoshopped and not real," but there are girls in my high school that look how I want to. Thin, beautiful, smart, funny, good at singing, athletic, it seems like they're perfect! Even though I try to eat healthy and work out, I'm just so lazy and busy and hungry it seems impossible. I think you literally just told me the story of my life. Thank you Dodie, it's good to know someone else thinks the same way.

Absolutely perfect!! Very inspiring and uplifting; though it makes you think...makes you think of everything we are surrounded by daily. But as always, Dodie is the creative, beautiful, and the inspiring person we love!

I love this so much, thank you, I could relate to every single line which is incredibly rare with this topic for me x I'm overweight and completely and utterly hate myself, but every word of this made me feel like whether you're beautiful and probably half my weight, there is still someone else who knows xxxxxx <3 <3 <3

this is so emotional and relatable! you should definitely do more videos like this because i love it! hope you're okay:)) xxx

So relateable this was really awesome tysm.

PS: I loved the end when you ate the icecream it was really inspiring

I love this video amongst all of your other ones. I'm glad someone understands that society is ruling our lives and it shouldn't matter what size you are! I love you!!♡

I love this video amongst all of your other ones. I'm glad someone understands that society is ruling our lives and it shouldn't matter what size you are! I love you!!♡

I love you doddleoddle,you made me cry.this is so incredibly amazing that you made this.its inspired me to make my own poem

I can't even begin to explain how much I relate to this. Thank you for making this

That gave me shivers!! That was simply amazing, Dodie! Wuv youuu x

That was amazing ♥ I really loved it. Thank you for making this xx Needed this xx ♥

If you wrote this : congratulations!
If you didn't write this then... Congratulations anyway!

This is so true. Very beautiful and insightful. Thank you, gorgeous <3

Wow! i didn't know you were an awesome poetry slammer as well as such a talented music artist. Love this - and I feel exactly the same, of course. :/

I hate that we have such high standards for ourselves that we'd never apply to others - I look at friends and yes, I see their rolls or muffin tops or big thighs or whatever, but I never think it makes them any less attractive whatsoever. If they're pretty they're pretty, my perception of them couldn't care less about whether they could lose a few pounds or not or whether their teeth are slightly crooked or their lips aren't full.

Yet when I look at myself, I look at my tummy that isn't quite flat, and I look at my legs so much thicker than everyone else's, I look at my hip dips and wide thighs, the bump on my nose and my wide face with the early wrinkels and three different scars that becomes ugly when I smile - and every tiny little things upsets me and disgusts me and makes me feel bad about myself, like I need to change.

I never do, not for long anyway, and there's so much I couldn't change even if I tried. I just wish I was as ready to accept my flaws as I am to accept that of others, I wish every little bit of fat wouldn't matter so god damn much when it's on my own body... But there you go. Stupid how my brain works like that, and I'd imagine I'm not the only one. :/

This is so raw and beautiful thank you Dodie❤

Love this poem, and your voice! You're so soft spoken but powerful. 

Dodie, you aren't even a little tubby. You're so beautiful, so skinny and so amazing.

wow this is so beautiful!! You are so incredible and amazing Dodie :) Im sharing this on tumblr hahah

I love this Dodie <3 I ended up writing my own version, from the point of view of someone who suffers with anorexia.

I love Dodie with my whole heart, but....... she's 5'7 and weighs like 115 pounds. I weigh 200 pounds at 5'3 and I have an eating disorder, so hearing this stuff from a skinny girl is like...... not super revolutionary. It's easy to eat normally and love your body when you're already stick-thin.

This is the most accurate representation I think I have ever heard! This is amazing... Good to know I'm not the only one! xxx

I watched this over and over. It is such a meaningful and beautiful!

This is amazing! I love it! Well done.

Dodie you just touched my heart <3,btw I LOVE YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL DODIE AHHHH

This was a beautiful spoken poem 💛

Dodie this is SO FABULOUS!

I KNOW THIS IS REALLY OLD BUT I ALMOST CRIED CUZ I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME AND IT GETS ME SO FRAZZLED

for years and years since I was at high school I listened to this spoken word over and over. Even my mom and friends know this poem cuz' I used to listen to it all the time. I also performed it at school after I did a presentation about spoken word poetry. It's kinda scary how much I did and still do relate to this poem even till this day.And I know that everyone is beautiful
A bit of tub doesn't matter at all
When I look at people I see their hope
Their smiles, and happiness, how well they cope
with loss and stress and illness and death
why do we obsess about being
"skinny"
I listened to it again today and was saying it with you cuz' I memorized the lines and even memorized how to say it with a British accent like you lol Thanks a lot for writing this poem. I really like and enjoy listening to it a lot.<3

So well spoken.❤

This is literally me, in the same day I can go from "I'm a strong independent person and if someone only likes me for my weight then they aren't worth liking WOO GO ROUND TUMMY" to spending hours looking for fast diets and workouts for losing fat. I really love this poem Dodie 😊

Absolutely amazing. Thank you, Dodie xxx

I love this so much bc I understand I have very low self esteem and being in middle school doesn't help your amazing i love you Dodie

I'm skinny so I don't actually relate but I still found this incredibly inspiring! You're amazing!

I've never cried so hard at a video. I've been recovering for a while and actually starting to feel good about my body recently, and it's such a foreign feeling to see yourself and go "wait- am I that thin?" when your mind's been tricking you into seeing someone much bigger in the mirror for such a long time. Thank you so much for making this, it's truly beautiful <3

This is on the nail, i have body dysmorphia too and just can't accept the mirror, everyday i try to love myself. Doddie thank you for sharing your wonderful words, they are so true.

this so strong and powerful, it explains me so well. i needed this.

Loved it! Would like more of this in the future please!

@doddleoddle  I love how your eyes play on the heart... And your voice is sooo intriguing....  But your words seem so special to you... Extensions of ethereal bliss...:)

this is so beautiful, I actually love that text!!

This...this is EXACTLY my relationship with food and how I feel about my body and just...thank you for making this! <3 

This was really good! Loved it <3

This is beautiful!! I love you dodie :3

This was amazing and super inspirational :)

Love it!!! So inspirational <3

dodie, I fricking admire you with whole-hearted respect! you are beautiful, and I feel literally the exact same way. thank you for making this, I loved it, and I know thousands of other people loved it too <3 <3 <3 <3

That was so good! You the best Dodie<3

Amazing! I love you Dodie and you are one of the most beautiful girls out there. <3

This is. Amazingly, well spoken.

This was so amazing + correct + guh
I want to be more like you!

This brought a tear to my eye, this is so true and the world we live in is horrific for obscuring 'beauty', thank you doddie x

Loved it so much I had to watch it twice :) x

Beautiful words, you have such a soothing voice ❤️

A few things I'd like to tell you regarding your concerns though:
1) I think you are skinny, I find it unthinkable you might feel otherwise
2) as you said everyone is beautiful anyway, and anyone can still be a princess or a fairy, mainstream media often show them very skinny but they come in all shapes and sizes!
3) it helped me to follow people with more diverse bodies on Instagram, as well as artists who often draw positive beautiful larger characters
4) you wouldn't be healthier if you were skinnier, it's not how things work. Check out Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon (it's based on peer reviewed research concluding focus on weight is useless to improve health), there's a website too. Also Intuitive Eating (by Evelyn Tribole, or the main website), to stop the guilt spirals and let go of diet culture and mentality, heal our relationship with food and with our bodies. It's been proven to improve health too.

I hope this helps! Sorry for the block of text and unrequited advice ❤️

You are an inspiration to me, Dodie. I've watched every single video of yours a hundred times over and you still never cease to inspire me. You're a lovely singer, writer and person. I hope, from one singer to another, that I get to meet you one day and give you the hug that you deserve for all that you've done for me. Thank you, Dodie.

This was amazing Dodie. I'm always quite inspired by your works, but this one especially resonated with me. I have an up and down type of self-esteem--look wise--and this was just...I don't know, nice to hear. Nice to feel connected. Thanks for writing this. You're brilliant. <3

you pretty much just explained my life. thank you for that :) it actually really helps to hear it in a new way

It's actually kind of scary how true this is. I always thought that I was weird for feeling like I actually HAVE to be skinny and like it isn't just something that would be nice but it's lovely to see that people who are so nice and awesome and loved like yourself feel like that too 😊😚

This is definitely one of my favourite videos in the entire world. Everyone should see this

This was beautiful. I seriously love you so much.

This is incredible :) so true, never heard these messages better said

Thank you, this was very inspiring and good! xx

Wicked awesome.

Love this. You're great at spoken word

This was amazing! I fully understand what you are saying <3

This is the most relatable video I have ever seen on youtube... O_O Absolutely beautifully written, well done Doddie!! <3 You are so beautiful :)

this really hit home for me. it took me so long to finally watch this but I'm glad I did.

You helped me through anorexia, thank you 💕

im literally crying bc wow this is beautiful. i have been going through problems with my weight for ages now and i finally reached my goal today....but sadly not in anyway healthy. i stopped eating almost entirely and felt sick when i did eat. i absolutely regret it and i wish i could share that with everyone going through the same problem.
thank you for making this video and shining a light on the situation while others just sweep it under the rug. you're literally perfect in every single way and i thank you for living

I'm so happy of what you said :) I'm so sad to feel this way everytime I look at me in the mirror!

I really loved that! You're amazing! x

I am very skinny, and it makes me sad that people wish they were because you're beautiful the way you are and to be honest, I'm the kind of skinny that I don't like. I hate how my ribs stick out and how you could snap my arms in half. My friends and family will make fun of how skinny I am and I wish I even had a little more meat to hide my hips and ribs. I'm sorry that this didn't relate and I'm sorry to anyone who found it offensive or feels exactly opposite

I want to thank you for this - it is so powerful. The way you go back and forth between strength and weakness is incredible, it's exactly the speed at which my mind darts around. <3 

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a top poem well performed. thank you for brightening up my day

Love this video dodie, so glad I subscribed to you<3

Well done! This was fantasticccccc :]

This was so beautiful, thank you <3

this is one of the thousands of reasons dodie is my favorite person to be on earth

That was awesome and I think that everyone needs to know this!

This poem is just so truthful and real. I love it.

I absolutely LOVE this! Completely relatable

You are good at EVERYTHING💕💕💕💕💕 ukulele, singing..... NOW POETRY!? What can’t you do xoxo:)

This was wonderful. It makes me upset that self-consciousness is at such a degree that people are upset with themselves, and generally it's because of unrealistic standards which are set by 'society' - whatever that word really means. Of course, its great if people want to look nice, as that's their choice, but nobody should ever feel that they have to look or be a certain way in order to conform to what other people may want. The fact that they seemingly often do is so sad and your poem encapsulates an example of this feeling perfectly. I love Baz Lurhman's 'everybody's free' as it also reflects upon such issues.

Your vulnerability makes my heart happy-ache. Thank you so much for sharing this.

OMG how long did that take you to write! It's absolutely amazing!😲

i relate to this so so so so much, thank you so much for making this

i know exactly how you feel even though i am skinny i still feel pressure to stay that way or feel guilty when i pig out 

Magnificent stuff.  More of these, please!

This literally made me so confident <3

That was amazing! I'm glad you didn't decide to starve yourself, a lot of people do that. You are brave to post this.

This is the main reason why I suffer from depression. So true. Nice poem :) -olivia

I can relate to this. Thank you for making this video :D

AMAZING! I was never skinny but now i know the struggles.

Thanks for your words. All eating disorder peeps need to hear this...

Dodie, this is so true ♡

the amount of encouragement and love in the comments make me so so happy, to anyone struggling with body-image, know that your weight doesn't define you. you will learn to be happy with who you are and what you look like, and you'll come to realize that it doesn't matter how large your stomach is, or how thick your thighs are, you're still a wonderful, strong, person who deserves to be happy. stay beautiful <3

Oh my gosh, this is my life. This has been my struggle since I hit, well, high school or if I'm being honest, middle school. I've always been mocked and judged for being chubby, and I absolutely hate it and I've worked so hard to change it but it never stays off for long. I understand there's stigma both directions, but I for one completely understand this.

This is how I feel daily. Love it!

I can relate so hard. This is amazing

You are soo beautiful, inside and out. This was AMAZING!!

Dude, thanks! I listened to this poem at least a hundred times today and I have decided im gonna let myself have that bowl of ice cream (if my dad says yeah). Its also a really good poem. Thanks!!!

Did you write this?!? :O I'm only a minute in and I am amazed by this. Beautiful poetry :')

i'm so glad you made this it's so powerful and strong.

OMG I love this Dodie! You are so amzing. ILYSM.

AGH you're so inspiring! I only discovered you a couple of days ago and already I'm trying harder at writing lyrics etc. you've an unreal voice aswell wow gold star for you

I have only just found this and I wish I had found it earlier. I may be really skinny (not by choice) but I've honestly never been happy with just being me. If I'm gong to be honest... I hate myself. I hate who I am and what I look like. I can't wear shorts without tights because I have scars on my legs off this condition I had and that pains me. I want to be like every 'confident' girl I know but I can't because that isn't me, but I wish it was. I wish I was pretty, I wish I didn't dress in black all the time and wear lots of eyemake up. But I can't not do that because it would probably make me less happy, not that I'm happy anyways. I just wish I was anyone but myself. Dodie makes me smile and forget who I am sometimes. She makes me laugh and just forget the world. I dread waking up in the morning, I dread going to school. I dread living. But thank you Dodie, because some of those rare times I smile, its because of you.

This is really awesome Dodie! 

AHAHAHAHA! That was just so amazing and true and I just started to laugh hysterically at the big bowl of ice-cream! xD 

the three dreaded C's :) aha! chocolate, cheese and garyc! muhahaha! xxx

I have the opposite problem - sort of. I can't wear leggings either, but not because my thighs are to wide or something, but because they aren't even tight because my legs are so, well, skinny. And some people always say things like F*CK THOSE SKINNY BITCHES THEY ARE SO FAKE I BETTER BE A SIZE LARGER AND NOT LIKE THOSE STICK FIGURES and I'm sitting here like thank you for being so nice to me. Everything I wear looks oversize on me, unless I buy in the child section. Some people have even asked me if I have eating disorders (I don't, I never did) and that makes me sad, just like others are because people say they are fat (lol that rhyme ok back on topic). I'm just saying that (almost) everyone is unhappy about their body, and that you should show those who are unsure that they look beautiful.
So, I'm saying it right now, to the person reading - you are beautiful. Never think you aren't. ❤️

I get judged and made fun of for BEING skinny! People make jokes about me and make me feel less attractive for not having curves. I do have some curves! They're just not as obvious on me than they are on other people.

Now I am proud of my body and don't let it get to me, but when I was younger I suffered really badly with my self esteem because of it. I used to feel like an eight year old boy, and feel that I wasn't womanly or sexy because of it.

Why are people so mean to each other?

I feel the same oh gosh, I tell other people who think they're fat that it doesn't matter and they're still beautiful and fat doesn't mean ugly but the sight of my own stomach makes me want to cry

I've been struggling a lot with this lately...

why does everyone want to be so skinny?..
i give anything to be at least 64 pounds! i'm 14 in 12 days!
i try an try but no matter what i cant gain wight
i've been bullied to the point i've already quit school at 7th grade i got beat up and always got in fights
i try to smile i try to stay happy but i just cant! everyone has no clue how lucky they are to at least be normal
i see posts and videos and music and ... well everything!
"chubby girls are cute" "big girls are sexy" "if your a size zero then your discusting" "skinny girls make me sick" all that stuff...
why? why cant we be are self's and feel comfrable in are own skin??

i havent cried this much in.. oh wait only 3days

Moral of the story... Eat ice cream.

So glad you shared this! Surprised this ended with ice cream and not cheese ;) such a clever lady! X

All these comments on "fat or skinny isn't pretty, healthy is", but there is no one body for the word healthy. For some people who are naturally skinny, that's completely healthy. Personally I'm naturally chubby and most would say I'm fat but I am healthy. Health depends on who you are, there's no one size for what's healthy or not.

That ice cream sure does look good

Honestly, I want to be skinny. But not for the reason that you think, I don't want to be all petite and stick thin and feminine, like society stereotypes women to be like. I want to be thinner so my muscles show up. I have quite large leg, and arm muscles, and i have quite good abs, except it's covered in fat. I just need to lose some fat to be able for my abs to show up. Is there any way to lose fat but not lose weight?

I hate being skinny. I eat so much but don't put on weight. being skinny is so overrated

See, I'm skinny naturally and I use to get made fun of because of it. I use to be called the skeleton with a little flesh. And to all who feel like they're too big, no matter what you look or how you weigh, someone will find a way to make fun of you, so don't waste you time on trying to look perfect, because nobody but you can fully appreciate you.

Great poem .... But you're skinny.. Can you really relate?

I'm super skinny and let me tell you it's not fun. You get teased and bullied all the time. Besides looking down and seeing a belly I see my rib cage. I'm un healthy. The people who actually have body fat are lucky that they actually look normal. I don't understand why everyone craves the flat stomach. I wish I had more weight. So it doesn't matter if you have a belly or not you are beautiful no matter what.

Oh my god. I find it horrible how people (mostly girls, I suppose) always feel this need to be skinny and pretty and perfect. Sure it's nice. But that doesn't mean you have to feel horrible if you're not. To all those girls commenting "This is how I feel": it's not what you have to feel like. Because it does not matter at all, what matters is in you and can we please stop defining ourselves by our looks. Sorry about ranting, but it makes me sad how people put themselves down for nothing but the shell of something so much more beautiful.

You're honestly perfect, absolutely stunning, please don't feel insecure you're beautiful Xx

this is amazing! you should keep doing more spoken word 

I'm okay with my body, but my parents aren't. They want me to lose weight - and a lot. I might be a tiny bit overweight, but they want me to go to a dietician and to the doctor. And honestly, I'm very afraid.

And so my obsession with spoken word begins.

i love your delivery of this, dodie!

I've already commented on this but I love it so much I have to comment again haha! It inspired me to do my own spoken word / poem type thing on the same subject (which I uploaded on my profile and would love if people watched and let me know what they thought..). I'm going to post this on my blog - I want every one to see it haha! Xo

This was really good! Very relatable. I'd love to be skinny, but at the same time, I'd rather look back on life knowing it was filled with the happiness only chocolate can give, haha.

Made me cry, soooo amazing! Thankyou! And you're seriously talennted, and beautiful by the way! :D xxxxxxxx

This is incredible Dodie! Exactly how I think...

This is amazing. I love you Dodie (did I spell that right, probably not).

Such an amazing video really showed what i feel in aclear and amazing way well done ;) x

The way you perform poetry is so so Good👌🏾

I love this!! You are so creative !

Beautiful! This is brilliant :)

This was beautiful! ❤️❤️

This is amazing Dodie!!

Wonderful! Such a great poem!

Oh damn....that hit hard.
Good job Dodie ♡

Comparison is the thief of joy

Loved this vid!! :D

dodie this is so amazing please do more spoken words

I'm loving this new spoken word trend that's starting these days!

thanks u so much for making this; all of your videos r perfect and just link to what I feel! X

Well well done Dodie :)

Wow I absolutely loved this! I'm more than moved!!! Awesome! I just posted a spoken word video on my channel too! I hope you don't mind checking it out and tell me what you think 

xoxo

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you <3

This is wonderful I love it <3

Is it possible to like a video twice? This was such a thoughtful amazing video.

I'm literally crying Dodie this is really amazing I'm gonna go get tissues

That was brilliant ....OMG you are so talented .THANK YOU

Dodie, I recently found you and im addicted to your channel and you and how honest you are. You talk about things on your vlog channel that I relate to so much because my life is an actual mess. I have so many mental and physical problems and I feel like I can talk to you about it because I know you don't judge at all. I just started a diet today because im tired of being picked on and Ive even started homeschooling to get away from people talking about me but that has just made me gain more. Im sitting here in my own tears from this video because I relate so much. :( I love you sm

THESE ARE LITERALLY MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS PUT IN A POEM AHH

As a skinny person, I have to say that being skinny doesn't mean you love your body. Most skinny people are much less curvy which is not accepted by society as beautiful, and many skinny people are short which is also societally imperfect. People are very rarely tall, skinny, and curvy. It just doesn't happen.

I love it! So beautiful:)

Brilliant...actually moving...truth...love you.
Peace. <3

Great poem and performance. Thank you.

.. so beautiful. I loved it so much, Dodie.

This is so powerful, I love you!xxxx

I'm crying because ig how much I relate to this. You speak the truth (:

You made a solid point in this. I have anorexia nervosa (for those that don’t know, that’s an earring disorder) and I agree with everything you have said in this video! I think one of the hardest things for me personally is when people tell me to “just eat”, that I’m “being picky”, or that I’m “not fat” I’m just “not skinny in” my “mind”... that or the losing all my hair... my parent told me earlier to eat... I wanted to throw up.. thanks for making this, it helps a lot!

Wow, his is amazing!! It sums up how I feel all the time and I always find myself obsessing about the way I look :-\ x

Brilliant, Dodie! :) so so true!

I know you probably won't see this Dodie but thanks so much for making this it's great!!! I love everything you do <3

That was absolutely beautiful! 

Excellent, great poem and great acting, 5 stars !!!

i’ve come back to this video after feeling a massive dent in my self esteem. it sometimes helps.

I love your figure dodie, you're perfect the way you are x

Wow this is amazing dodie! I know exactly how you fell although you are so slim so I don't know why you are worrying!! :)xx

I really understand this video. Society is too obsessed with "the perfect body" but it's unrealistic beauty standards that just aren't right

I really understand this video. Society is too obsessed with "the perfect body" but it's unrealistic beauty standards that just aren't right

this made me want to cry because I relate to it so much.

Gave me shivers! This is incredible. 

amazing. I must bow down to this poetry.

Brilliant♡
also, you're beautiful Dodie c:

I showed this to my dad and he laughed. I haven't talked to him in 4 months. I'm happier now.

You could make this a song if you ever feel like it. Its lovely as poetry but it is up to you.

Look at you! Over 50,000 subscribers now! :D Well done you! I remember when you hit 10,000! :) x

this is so satisfyingly rhyme-y ^-^
so beautiful!

I loved this so much!! <3

This was intense Dodie <3 But yeah quite true sometimes, hugs

I've struggled with low self esteem all my life. I found happiness with my violin. Playing my violin for the very first time made me feel important. It made me feel, human. It proved to me that all the comments of all the nay-sayers don't matter. It proved to me that I wasn't just taking up space and awaiting my death, and that my life has meaning. I use my music and my drawings to express how I feel.

this is amazing dodie we love u

This is wonderful! Thank you.

this spoke to me and i highly enjoyed it thank you

I honestly think this is great. Bloody good on you, girl.

That was so amazing!!! :) x

Jeez dodie youre so talented ❤️❤️

This helped me feel a little better, because the end with ice cream made me laugh!!

I feel the same way. Every ounce in a while I will go on a diet and exercise, but then I loss the habit of exercising, and get sick of salads. Everyone tells me I’m skinny but in my stomach area that is the only place where I’m not as skinny as I would like to be

I saw this a few years ago but it just showed up in my feed again today. You are an amazing person Dodie and this poem is so relatable. I go from starving myself one day to eating all my feelings the next day. Neither helps me lose weight and neither one is healthy. What I'm trying to say is just thank you so much for this and thanks for being you. You'll probably never see this but you have been such a big inspiration in my life. I love you so much!

This is amazing. motivation to people who is insecure here's the answer to all your problems.

I saw this on tumblr before I fell in love with dodie and I didn't even know this was her until i came across it again today and I was like "hey!!"

Omg that ice cream at the end looked so good, I want some!! Lol & I can totally relate to this video

Dodie is so pretty she is one of my fav youtubers 💞

I love that this was written in a way that everyone can relate to, but the fact that everyone relates to it makes me sad at the same time

Thank you for this video, Dodie. I think a lot of people need this.

I was, for my part, skinny until four years. I'm still thin, by life gave me some little "pluses" on the low parts of my body, since I've had some traumas that made me feel like in prison in my own flesh and mind, so I stopped dancing, singing, have walks regularly. For now I'm loosing fat as I start again living after a therapy, but my body is marked by this gaining-loosing fat, and my weight complex is focused on that.
If I think about it now I feel like I'm gonna cry, cause I am complexing on just being alive and have, as a human, ups and downs because of a life that is just happening in and on me. Not everything is pink, not everything is grey. Let's think stretch marks are just beautiful zebras's or pantheras's stripes. Let's paint it in beautiful colors so they look like some of the wonderful pride month's flags. Let's be proud of what contains humans for what it is, and not try to make humans think that they will be recognize as humans only if their enveloppes fit in a cramped box.

And now I realise that I needed to comment that kind of video to put words on my feelings about it. And maybe it's the case for many people here.
Thank you again Dodie.

This is brilliant, Dodie!

This is the best flippin' thing i have listened to. Please do more videos on this subject
. Please.

damn. you're amazing.

awh that was so lovely well done well done

Every time i start questioning my body and consider relapsing I watch this and eat some ice cream instead :)

I LOVE IT WONDERFUL JOB!

I actually love this video so much. I would be called 'skinny' but even then with all the social media and society's "rules" and "expectations" it is wayyy too easy for us to find something that we think is wrong with our looks or our personalities. THsnk you so much for this video and the amazing message behind it. I really appreciate it. I love all your videos so much and I really want to meet you. x

This was amazing!!!

ARGH YOUR THE BEST

Society either wants woman to be curvy and thick or skinny there is no in between. :/

I have an incredibly high metabolism, so I'm naturally very skinny. Everyone always points it out and tells me they wish they were skinny like me. I almost caused one of my friends to go anorexic because she kept comparing herself to me and saying she'd do whatever it takes go look like me. I feel soooo bad, idk what to do

Im skinny because of my metabolism and I dont get why people want to be skinny. I would LOVE to gain some weight. Im barely 90 and Im a freshman :/

This hits me hard

dodie lost a lot of weight since then

Oh my god, I watched this a long time ago much before I started watching you and I was just looking through your videos and I can't even believe that I never realized this was you. And it's beautiful and now for some reason it's more emotional because I know more about you whaaattttt

I wish I saw this sooner. I don't have an eating disorder or anything, I just would've been happier with myself.

Thank you for writing this, what you've said is so important and honest. I feel exactly the same way, I take no notice of weight other than my own, yet rather than changing my ways, i simply continue how I already am, perhaps a wise approach, perhaps not. however… i suppose society's just made me feel like the only thing i should care about is my appearance, and that somehow by not doing that I am wrong and a misfit. The thing is, the people who often tell you to be yourself and not to conform to society's rules are the people who are not always being themselves, and often do infact, conform to society's rules. Being what people want you to be often gets muddled with what you want to be, and not being the way you feel you should be is not a nice feeling. 
sorry, just find of went on an off topic rant there! 

I'm new to this channel but am Loving it!!!

Dodie you speak so well! You should do some jackanory-style reading :D

My.Life.Story.

This was beautiful. I struggle with an eating disorder and it is so nice to see this poem. It can be very difficult to relate to poems like this because they are often so personalized, but I feel like this was simple and light and real, and I loved it. Thank you for helping me get through this tough night <3

OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS MY LIFE ILYSM YOU ARE SO INSPIRATIONAL! XX

Wow! Very powerfully delivered, definitely made me think about my obsession with being thin and muscly. Have I really let societal opinions seep into my head that much? Only thing I know is that I stay thin to avoid developing diseases in later life, but it's still no guarantee. Just my opinion though. Everyone is beautiful in their own way but I chose to be this way for myself, selfish I know but you can't help others if they aren't willing to help themselves. :( I hope you've inspired others to reflect upon their health you definitely got through to me.

I’ve made a poem, this might be long.

It hurts,
The hunger,
But my desire to be skinny turns it asunder,
I don’t need food,
I’ll be okay,
I know that’s a lie but that’s what they say.

I need to loose weight,
I need to do it quickly,
I’m far too fat,
Who would ever love me?

Counting calories is now a daily routine,
How many are in a bean?
It’s not healthy,
I know that I do,
But I can’t stop,
I think my stomach could be a hilltop.

Now there’s no three meals a-day,
I’m in complete dismay,
But it’s all to be skinny,
It’ll happen one day.
Until then food shall stay away.

How many calories in this?
That’s too many,
I must throw up,
I can’t leave any.
I feel like crap,
I feel like I could snap,
But It’s all to be skinny,
It’ll happen one day.

I have no energy left,
I’m too heft.
But it’s all to be skinny,
It’ll happen one day.

Why?
Why do I do this?
Why do I feel like I have to do this?
The standards are too high,
The amount of eating disorders,
They’ve reached the sky,
And society’s an imaginary tie,
They tie you to your disorder by the comments they make,
You’re too fat,
You’re too skinny,
Is there no way I can win?
It’s an uphill battle,
That I simply can’t win.
I’m never good enough,
I’m too this,
I’m too that,
All this chitchat,
Can they stop?
I can’t give in,
I need to be strong,
The only way I’ll feel loved is if I love myself,
It’s difficult,
It is,
But starvation is never going to help,
It isn’t a solution,
It creates more problems,
So learn to love yourself,
Believe me it helps,
You can be a survivor,
I believe in you,
And everyone reading does to.

I Love this video so much (I'm wearing your exact dress today) x

This is really cool! I feel the same.. so the same <3 and man this video just makes me wanna hug you.. and it's perfect and lovely in it's way and it made me feel ok... damn that ice cream looked good tho.. 

I love how true this is😭😄

That was amazing and actully bought a tear to my eye xx but i agree about it not mattering what size u r x

Very powerful. I am so amazed, wow.

Well done dodie <3 I´m not skinny but I do a lot of sport. i dont do it because I want to be skinny but to feel better about myself...

this is fantastic oh my goodness. <3

This was brilliant. I used to struggle with my body and trying to be skinny. When I was very young, I fluctuated between bone thin and gigantic constantly because thats just how I was. When I hit puberty, though, I got something I still havent decided if its good or bad: a ribcage wider than most peoples entire torso and huge shoulders that made it basically impossible for me to ever be skinny. Once I realized that Im never going to be that Adonis thats jacked with washboard abs, though, I started to realize that it was all pointless, and that I really didnt need to give one single fuck about what people thought of how I looked. I find that it is easier to go through life without giving a fuck about what people are going to say. Do you and enjoy it. People will respect you for it. My personal slogan has become, "Bitch, Im sexy and Im funny and Im a big fluffy teddy bear, get on my level." Try to come up with something like that. Itll help tremendously

Im 60 pounds overweight and have never felt more disgusting. This guy at my school who I call a "friend" says I'm fat and ugly and my butt looks weird... So I hide. Away from the madness of societies picture of perfect behind a jacket to hide my once silky skin and once unscarred wrist. Now torn but healed and never completely gone... I am a black child who's always been told that black was beautiful but... it's doesn't feel that way when your crush literally says they only like white girls so you move on to the next and the next but it's all the same... So you hide behind your books and your jeans that hide the cellulite that's there... because being you just isn't good enough anymore.

Skinny people aren't perfect, but this sure is ❤️

Love it Dodie!!

This is beautiful. This made me want to cry. The beauty standards nowadays are just insane. Why do we all have to be skinny. Why is it that to be beautiful, you have to be skinny. It makes no sense. No one should ever change for this world.

I always love your spoken word videos you put the social trends on a pike and say screw that 

This is great

This is absolutely AMAZING

This was powerful. Maybe with this, more people will understand how damaging our cultural ideals and pressures are to people, and maybe they'll have ideas what to do about it.
Thank you for making & sharing this!

Beautiful. Absofrikkinglutely beautiful. I love you Dodie :)

I know exactly how you feel Dodie, no matter what people say I will always feel uncomfortable with the way I look, But You are so beautiful and I love you cheer up sweetie <3333

I know I'm late but every day I look in the mirror even though I know I won't like what I see
All my friends are skinny and beautiful but not me.
I would kill to have a fast metabolism so I can eat whatever I want just like all my siblings maybe I got the bad genes.
I would kill for a flat stomach and a tiny 22 inch waist then I could wake up in the morning and not think about food
Sometimes I wish I had an eating disorder I know it sounds bad but then I could always be skinny right..???... Why don't I look like everyone else..

I'm only 13

This song made me cry because that's my everyday thinking. My friends tell me I shouldn't worry, that I'm not fat, but I feel aweful in my body. Every morning I tell myself I'm beautiful the way I am, but every night I'm sad because I know I'm lying to myself. And so I eat, faking to my friends that I feel great as I proudly announce I would lose weight when I grow old... I can't help but thinking about how great it would be to have a straight neck, a single chin and not a double, to have bras that fit me without creating a mountain of fat, having a flat belly, normal sized thighs and muscled arms... I know we aren't supposed to be perfect but whenever I see my friends I think I can reach a goal... Before eating again, because I will never be strong enough to lose weight.

I remember when I first watched this about a year ago what you said slightly offeneded me. Back then I did have a slim neck and a tiny tummy. I'm still feather light but since then I have grown a lot and look quite different. But now that I watch this again I see that this actually has a brilliant message behind it! I really hope you weren't trying to offended anyone in order to make yourself feel better but I honestly can't imagine you doing such a thing! Hope you're having a wonderful day! Xoxo

This has to be one of the best videos out there.

Preach it dodie!!

her voice is so beautiful

That was awesome!! Plus you're accent is amazing!!!

I really like this. Nicely done on the slam poem. =)

Is it just me or should dodie do way more things like this (spoken word poetry) ?!?! omg I loved this!!

Wow... this is exquisitely written and really hits home.

Amazingly great stuff :)

Amazing! I feel the same!

This is so perfect <3

This was really, really good!

this hits me hard. i am skinny, but when i look around and see my friends and how big and beautiful they are, i just get so jealous i can barely stand it. I will look at myself some days and think i look alright, but then i will took at a tic tok dance video with the girls flaunting they're big butts and developed breasts and i break down. i understand that i should like me for who i am, but it's so hard. i hate myself most of the time. I wish i could look like them. my friends will look at me and say that they wish they could look like me, but i know they are just lying through they're teeth. Is it so bad to want to be developed? All my friends have boyfriends. all the curvy girls have boyfriends. I, and all the skinny girls, don't. I can't belive I am ranting on a comment section, but, it seems to be my only sorce. people think i'm dumb because i want curves. is it really that bad?

This is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

THIS WAS SO PERFECT

I'm allergic to dairy, trust me, giving up dairy is absolutely useless, But I just wanted to say I love your voice, when I had a panic attack I made my friend turn on absolutely smitten, you really help calm me down, You're amazing! Also, I made a channel just so I could comment on your video, I love you and your work so much!

I'm using this video in my Women's studies class for a presentation on body dissatisfaction. This is so important.

I love this !!! Amazing

That was so fantastic!

What really concerned me, was how terrified you looked at the spoon of ice cream and striped a whole lot of before you put it in your mouth, almost fleeing from camera. i dont know if you have dealt with eating disorders in your past or doing it right now. just watched this very old video of yours and i dont know, found so much of myself in it. I have been diagnosed with EDNOS way back in 2012, after suffering quite a while and dealing with it ever since, i just want to say (not just to you, simply to everyone here): get help asap. if the eating disorder takes over your mind for a very long time it will almost never dissappear. You can 'recover' tho, but keep in mind that recover means in most cases just coping with this toughts for ever, resisting to give in. To be 'skinny' isn't worth the pain, nor does it feels better than tasting nourishing foods. I made that mistake of thinking that way, don't do the same. Get help as soon as you can and remember: even if you think of yourself as 'ugly' or 'fat', is looking a certain way really a reason to starve yourself? Is this the worst a human being can be? It isn't. And you don't deserve starvation or pain for not looking like a photoshoped model from sports illustrated. You are truly beautiful in your own way, each and everyone of you.

This was super powerful and wow

I love you from your head to your toes Dodie!

Dodie writes poetry? WHAT? How have I not seen this until now?!?!?!

This makes my insides happy. Thank you!

<3

This was really good! x

I can relate to this so much

Thank you so much this needed to be said

Brilliant. You are a wonderful poet

Wow this is so true dodie its brilliant for highlighting everything thats wrong with society, skinny isnt beautiful, healthy is beautiful!!

Dodie, this was beautiful.

You're soooo gorgeous and this is amazing

so you are quite possibly one of my favorite people on the planet xx

Being "skinny" isn't as fun as you think it is. 😕

you go girl!!!!!!

absolutely amazing :)

so powerful and amazing!!!!! 

That moment when she isn't even fat

That was amazing, really really.

2 years ago today&i can still relate👼🏼

Wow this poem is awesome.

How come I haven't seen this? I relate to this so much it hurts.

<3

Absolutely wonderful!

This was so good! :) x

That was beautiful!

Give this girl an award bc flawless

The amount of skinny people in the comments is really making me hate myself, ahh.
I know that my body has alot of muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat. So I'm bound to weigh more than other people because of that but it bugs me so much.
I don't know why people would want to gain weight, uness they were underweight and having health problems.
God, the most I ever dropped to was 108 pounds, I tried to be healthy again and now I weigh 132, but I'm not mentally okay. I obsess over this; and then I just feel silly because of all the other problems in the world.
There's war, people living in slums, people starving and then there's me. Upset over something like this.
I don't know what to do.

Two years on and this message is even more true. Now I feel bad about my youtube binge :(

#1 - You are very cute and our body is very sweet.
#2 - You are very good with words - as in this "one act play".
You might consider performing a series of these "emotional connections" with people and their experiences - since you have the same ones. You are a wonderful performer with words - let alone music! Please consider simply the spoken word once in a while. your face is wonderfully expressive! I really enjoy your stuff! Thank you!

whoa dodie  this is amazing I feel the same!

So wonderful Dodie!

I wish skinny could be just another body type instead of an insult ...

I just subscribed, and this has got to be my fav video ever!!!

I was unsure whether to like this or not, because I can´t relate to this at all, but I´m sure there are lots of people that can out there and this was beautifully made so can´t not give it a thumbs up :)
Very very well done Dodie :)

It starts with just a couple pounds
I know I need to put the fork down
Ew my thighs touch
That needs to stop
Well I already skipped breakfast
I can keep it up
At supper time mum calls and says “dinner”
And it hits me
The choice I have to make to be thinner
“I already ate” my voice echos out
I’m gonna lose weight
Who care for my health?

Now I’m crying, looking at my thigh gap
“I should be thinner. Why’d I eat dinner?”
I’m angry at myself and Ana is too
I’ve disappointed her after all we’ve been through.
Was it worth it? No.
I’ll go for a run and I’ll throw it all up.
Still, I’m just not good enough.

“You’ve lost weight”
I smile and say thanks.
Won’t stop now, push away the plate.
Skinny girl, even skinnier now

Until I’ve faded away into nothing, still not enough.

This describes me so well, every thing she said😞

i loved this Doddie <3

you are just the best dodie!!! more spoken word!!

You created this one on your own? If you did I am at awe right now spectacular!!!!

that was beautiful 💓💓

YOU ARE SO TALENTED omg!!! that was ridiculously good

I am skinny (I've been 95 pounds since grade 7, I'm in grade 9 now) and I've been trying to gain weight because all my friends keep yelling at me that I'm too skinny and that I need to eat more, but I eat to the point where I'm sick because my own mom, the one who sees what I eat thinks I starve myself, that I'm not eating enough. Sure, I went from a size 16 in girls (I think that's a large) to a size 12 (medium) but I can't hap it. I didn't stop eating because I'm not insecure of my body. My mom told me that I don't have boobs because I don't eat. She told me my butt is now flat. My new jeans used to be tight to my skin, now they are baggy. My thighs are the size of my brother bicep. Some of my friends starve themselves because they think they are too fat but tell me to eat more... Most people get happy when you say they lost weight, for me it's the opposite. I'm scared because of this, I don't know what to do other than eat until I feel sick. Also I've been nauseous most days so that's not fun. Anyway my point is, as long as you are eating health and your weight isn't effecting your life or health, then your fine, and your beautiful!!!!

AMAZING DODIE. <3

This os so true. Did you write this yourself? If you did, omg you are talented. Also, i feel the same way. Even people i walk by stare at me..... Sigh

Words cannot describe how amazing this is.

THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL DAY <33

I've always been jealous of my friend's body and one time I said it to her, and she just said that she hates her body. And that has stuck with me forever. No one seems to like the way the look, not completely.

It's sad that I relate to this so much. I want to get skinnier but don't have the motivation and I try to tell myself that I'm beautiful but in reality, I'm getting nowhere.

I know I’m really late but this is literally how I feel. 😭😭😭

I'm crying this is beautiful

Your amazing. I also feel the same ^_^

I know this may sound cliche but honestly you have one of the perfect bodies I've ever seen.

Dodie, You were then and are now more and more fantastic!

This is absolutely beautiful

OMG well done !!

You are a beautiful, confidant young woman!!!!

First world problem, though, amirite?

Ah you do this so beautifully

you beautiful lady. shine like you were meant to

luff u so much dodie, this was beautiful, do you mind if I use this for an acting competition? (I'll say it's yours don't worry)

Don't support people being obese by saying, " oh, your beautiful the way you are." You're not helping them. People who eat a ton and are fat and then act like its some debilitating disease don't deserve sympathy. Don't be afraid to describe them as fat because that's what they are. They should be ashamed if they are overeating slobs. Try working out like everyone else does and maybe you'll be skinny. Stop supporting obesity.

Wonderful video
A M A Z I N G !!!

This is a great video <3

Absolutely beautiful.

So hard hitting but so damn true!

But you're not fat?!

That ending is priceless!

this is super nice! I think things like this should be shown in schools to young girls and boys becayse so many people struggle with "skinny"

this is super nice! I think things like this should be shown in schools to young girls and boys becayse so many people struggle with "skinny"

Is it just me who thinks big thighs are attractive, I have them and I love them

Wow, I love this!

It's so true and so beautiful

Love this! :) ...and now I want ice cream.

this is SOOO good!!!

It hurts me that you and so many people relate, I can't seem to get out of this unhealthy mindset even though I am trying so hard :(

thank you for this. honestly, thank you.

This is fucking incredible. I'm just really glad I found this.

i want to do a dance with this for my final piece but its too short I wanna cry

Rythm and rhyme. Brilliant!

Wow...I loved this :D

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

This makes me feel so much better knowing I'm not the only one

YOU ARE SO AMAZING!! <3 

Love this and the ending LOL :)

nearly a year later and that ending is still Mt favourite thing on youtube. (also i have the same dress as you're wearing here :p)

Beautifully spoken

You're amazing! <3

I like that you included the bit about going for a run and didn't just talk about food, because the number of teenage girls I see wanting to starve themselves to get thin is astonishing... It shouldn't matter that much if you're considered skinny or not so long as you're healthy!

i just really hope she enjoyed that ice-cream, she deserves it

Woah U GO GURL!!!!

Well done.

Did it ever occur to you that your eyes don't see how you really look?  

You are an amazing and beautiful person Dodie... Okay by now

beautiful. I love it

omg girl, so true so simple so beautiful 

Love this! Xx

I'm skinny and I often feel insecure about it. My friends make fun of my flat stomach and skinny wrists. I'm already insecure about how I look but I feel as though I can't voice my concerns because my friends start complaining about how "fat" they are.

Just summed up my exact feelings and the majority of my eating disorder

one thing i've learned recovering from eating disorder - chocolate has more happiness points than calories

THIS was awesome!

I understand the point you are making in this video, and I though it was lovely until you reached the point about skinny people "arms and legs you can snap". I have always been "skinny" even though I eat like a crazy person, and although now I am more average, I remember when I was a size zero and I was so self conscious about it. It really bothers me when people call me skinny too, because I don't think its right to make a comment on anybodys weight unless they truly are happy with it, like "Wow, you've lost so much weight." Sorry for ranting but I think we all need to back off skinny girls and stop putting them down for the sake of overweight ones.

I love this!!

Please do more spoken words x

Why can't we all just love ourselves...?
some of us weigh less than others, and some of us weigh more.
some of us have fast metabolism, some of us do not.
some of us have arms that look like they will break any minute, some of us don't.
but what we all do have, is beauty. It doesn't matter what our bodies look like!
you are all beautiful, including Dodie!

Ugh, I relate to this so much. I'll never be pretty enough. I'll never be beautiful. I'll just keep stuffing myself until I'm full and cry about how fat and ugly I am.

also this poem was beautiful.

I just went into ... maximum overfeel. Very nice. Mission accomplished; I'm now depressed. Keep making more vids :)

Well, my body isn't my favorite. But I know that it's hard to give up eating poorly because everything is delicious. Salads and veggies aren't so delicious and it's very hard. I tend to wear shirts when I swim because of my folds... it sucks people look at me sometimes thinking I'm weird for wearing a shirt. Have you been through something like that before?

It honestly breaks my heart that we live in a world where you will never be good enough. You can achieve 'societies perfect body image' and still not be 'good enough' or 'pretty enough' or 'thin enough.' It's really kind of disgusting actually.

Everyone has insecurities :), and everyone gets made fun of. But the reason why is because they have insecurities about they're own self. But remember this, you are perfect the way you are in so many ways! and people look for every little thing to find and to pick. Don't listen to them :) be strong. It doesn't matter if your size 700 or size 118. Your PERFECT the way YOU are :DD

really good poem! all i'll say is that "skinny people" are self conscious as well, so lines like "arms and legs that you could snap" kind of hurt :( personally when i watch tv i feel bombarded with images of beautiful women with amazing curvy figures all the time, it makes me feel rubbish because being skinny is seen to be less of a woman 

This is literally the best thing ever<3<3<3

This is some thing I can really relate to. I am a large person by DNA and there is nothing I can really do about that. Yes I can lose some weight but I will always be a large girl I just have to accept that. I love my sports and my dance but I get pitying looks from my fellow as they think I wont last. Yes say I that I don't mind my shape but you can sustain that lie for so long if you have friends that are half your size. We need to start normalizing all body shapes ( p.s. I love this, and every thing you do :D)

I don't think I've ever heard anything that I could relate to more

OH DODIE! Your not tubby your perfect

Very well said dodie

damn that girl's got some talent

I feel like I can never be skinny, but I realized that I need to actually put effort into being skinny if I want to be.

I wish I was skinny. Being large as a guy is so brutal. Girls at the current day have all this support for body image and loving yourself, but guys haven't had any of this. It's still in the dark, guys can be self concious and lost too. It's hard to find someone to relate too, but oh well. I'm a lost cause anyways.

The ending was literally me then I'd be crying cause i regret eating the ice cream

you have no idea how much I relate to this

everybody has their own image of a perfect body
some of them fufill theirs and some don't so
maybe you don't consider your body perfect but someone else might

Still one of my favourites of your videos

I've always wanted to be thin, and I know that obviously, a lot of people want the same. But I can't feel motivated to even get out of bed in the morning for a jog, and i feel like i want to cry whenever I look at myself in the mirror, this story is very similar to a lot of others, but depression has made me comfort eat, and i've been called names to do with being overweight even though when i was very thin in senior school I was bullied for being skinny, I can never be perfect. This song is so accurate dodie.

This describes exactly how I feel everyday, I'm only 14 and I'm like 250, and I really want to lose weight and go on runs and stuff but I'm too embarrassed since I get out of breath really easily and if someone saw me out of breath I'd hate it. My family is too poor to afford a treadmill or something, and I love food too much to diet. And people who are confident and chubby are amazing! And just bc I can't stand my stomach and double chin doesn't mean I don't adore people who have them as well! All my friends are naturally skinny and other kids my age bully me a lot for my weight. I just want to lose like 50 pounds but I just don't know where to start

super poem, super accurate (unfortunately) 

This was beautiful, no joke.

even if one is skinny we still dont meet society's standards of beautiful, to be beautiful uve to have all these curves but at the same time be skinny asf, being skinny isnt great, we have all this self conscious thoughts and people constantly asking us to eat more or downgrading themselves as they desire to be you (which aint nice cos u feel kinda guilty for smth u cant help). dont starve yourself or hurt yourself to achieve an ideal weight, being healthy and comfortable in your own skin matters wayyy more than trying to achieve unachievable standards social media created for us

How could you have that ice cream there? And not be tempted? Wow, you're amazing.

This is incredible. Thank you. #FuckDietCulture

This has made my day!

I want to use this monologue next time I audition for a school play

this is beautiful 💖💖💖💖

"make me a size 0 fairy"


"make me a fairy whatever it takes"


guys she didn't forget

Skinny dreams turned into WINNING CREAMS!!

OKAY WOAH WOAH WOAH DODIE CAN SING AND SHE CAN WRITE POETRY BOI WHERE CAN I SIGN UP TO BE AS PERFECT AS SHE IS

And this is why we love Doodie

I
ADORE
THIS
<3

💗 🤗. 🖊 Love the words

This was amazing

+doodleoddle Can I use your poem for an audition I think it would be perfect.
Thanks in advance

I can only hope that one day I'll learn to love my body but until then I'm stuck

This is exactly me, every day.

Love this <3

I'm happy and healthy :) I'm 60 kilos and I'm 14 I'm healthy and well portioned. I feel sorry for the people out there that feel as though their bodied aren't good enough when they're perfectly healthy

This is an amazing video but its the opposite for me I'm just too skinny and struggle to actually gain weight

I want to use this in my speech for a NFL Speech event ! do you have a published transcript of this !? @doddleoddle @doddlevloggle 

wow I relate so much😭😭😭

wow.. this is exactly how i feel !

You are amazing x

Awesome Dodie!😝

Beautifully written and spoken! 

I weighed 100 Lbs. I hated it. I was "To skinny" So I just lived life. My metabolism caught up. I gained 10, 30, 60 Lbs. Then started starving myself.... I weight a healthy 130 rn and my road to recovery is not over.

U are not fat u are a ukeleleist ( I think that's a word ) who inspired me to become one myself. I now represent my school on a national level because of u so thank you so much

I relate so much to this poem, as I sit here with a bowl of cake and ice cream.

I love this video! !!!!!!

This is amazing

Being skinny is a not a joke
I'm under weight and too skinny
Skinny body shaming never left me alone for my all life
I wish I could be in shape like most girls are..
I eat Enright but never gain weight
At the end of the day I find a way to love my bones Cuz it's all I got

I love this poem, and i know how you feel. I worship those whoeat whatever and are still skinny, i have a friend who's like that. And she wants to put on weight so bad, she gets jealous of me! my though is; We all want the opposite. If you have straight hair, you want curly, if you have green eyes you want blue.

I relate to this a lot. although my mom says I'm a normal weight, I get called heavy, fat or chubby by my friends. I'm classified as one of the "bigger girls". at volleyball, I'm always making sure my spandex are pulled down enough so my thighs don't show. I only wear baggy shirts because I'm self conscience of my stomach. I never kneel because of my legs. and no matter how healthy and fit I try to be, no one seems to appreciate that I try. nothing I do seems to matter.

This is beautiful

I have that dress! your so beautiful Dodie <3

I have that dress! your so beautiful Dodie <3

Thank you Dodie.

You are so amazing.

OMG I DIDNT KNOW DODIE DID SLAM POETRY!!!!!💖💖🦔🦔🦒🦒🌈🌈👑👑😍😍🍕🍕🍕

you're mega talented.

that last line fucking gets me every time

As I am going through anorexia this is SOOOO accurate.
I know I'm skinny but I don't. It doesn't make sense but it's my brain! And I can't help it or figure out how or why! I was happy then suddenly I stopped eating. And I liked it. I want to be skinny and not 124lbs. But FOOD! It makes me hungry and discussed at the same time!!
~DM Emily

This is beautiful

I can totally relate to this.

I have a genetic condition which causes my joints to dislocate (currently got a dislocated rib) and many other things. It means that exercise is impossible for me, even walking is impossible. Due to the condition I have IBS, so I cannot eat certain foods. I am in constant pain which affects my mental health.

I am overweight. However, I struggle with an ugly combination of Binge Eating Disorder and Anorexia, not helped by the fact that doctors have told me that loosing weight will help (it wont, my physio says so).

It is a hard struggle, but man am I going to get through this. One day I will love the way I look, I won't love my body though. It's impossible to love a body that betrays you on a daily basis. One day I will be free from my eating disorders. I may be in a wheelchair by the time this happens, but man I will get through this.

love you dodie!

Exactly what I’m going through..

love this so much

im skinny and i get very self concoius about how skinny i am but i still relate to everything in this video and im torn eery day between wanting not to be skinny, and wanting to be more skinny.

has she done different ones or is this the only one? I WANT - NEED TO SEE MORE?!!

I swear this is the best video ever. Ohmygosh, I love you. 

I really liked this video but I can't really relate because My genes made me not able to get alot of fat allthough I get where you're coming from dodie :3

I'm in love with this.

I can relate to this. I'm so insecure. Why is society pressuring us to be approx. 2cm thick. WHY

Lovely poem

this is amazing

Aww Dodie :) thats beautiful

very well written. I've been really REALLY depressed today (just a bad day with my mental illnesses) and this kinda helped... Even though it takes more than just a poem to fully break what my chemicals do, this poem did help more than you knew...

Every one wants to be skinny. I dint understand why. I'm one of them people who are naturally skinny, and no matter how much I eat.....I can't put on weight. Iv been called anorexic, and Iv been tolled I have stick arms and legs. And it's not fun. Your a perfect weight Dodie, I wish I had your body 💕

im feel really bad with my body, and watched this videos for try to feel good with my body and know that people like you can acept everybody, every person, but i just... i can't, im bulimic, and every day im feel bad with me, i can't stop to think about it, and i hate it...

I hate when people (not in this video but this is still relevant) say fuck skinny people they have it so easy, socially we certainly don't.
People (me) get teased and called out for being dangerously underweight because they know I'm to thin to win in a fight, so I just have to deal with it i guess.
I have high metabolism so no matter how much willpower I have nothing will ever change.

This is amazing omfg

Aww,loved this video but being skinny isn't all that great,I was hospitalized when I was 8 for being too skinny luckily I became better after that but then I realized I didn't like being too skinny,I never fit into any dressed or any bras even in the smallest size and there are my friends with pretty faces,nice curves that they took pride in and I was sitting next to them like a cardboard box and I know beauty doesn't define you but its nice to know once in a while that you're beautiful...

thatwas wonderful!!

You are beautiful just the way you are. We all love you no matter what.

Amazing! Oh man that's really clever.

so creative and multi talented

Can I just say YOUR EYE MAKEUP IS FLAWLESS HERE

Im not the skinniest. I dont like my stomach. I dont like how my "skinny" friends complain about how theye think they are fat. But the way i try to think of it is if i dont care how other people look then they probably dont care how i look. Its hard to explain but thats just the way i try to think of it when im feeling insecure about my appearance

I just wanted to say this poem you wrote, is so inspirational to me. I was close to 450 lbs and with a lot of struggle I am almost to the 300 lb mark. I am 56 years old and married, my wife struggles with her weight as well. Once I break the 300lb mark and I can say that I weight 200 plus pounds it will be wonderful. It is such a struggle, people do not realize that it is not natural not to want to eat. The world accepts over over indulgence in drinking and drugs, they will send you to rehab and make you better. What happens when the over indulgence is food. We are weak minded, pull yourself up by your bootstraps and just exercise. Well it is not that easy...I know that your poem is directed to girls, and you my dear have no weight problem. You poem brought tears to my eyes, I have been judged all my life by the way I look not by who I am. Will you please make the text of this available.

I'm naturally skinny, and I just find it so weird how girls like dodie want to be skinny. Like wtf I honestly hate being this skinny. I look so awkward, everything hangs off me. I can't wear leggings either because my legs look like sticks. So, I guess we have the same problems but we both want to be eachother. Goes to show how everyone wants to be someone else

Your accent is so different now! Still love you, Dodie!

I thought this would be a video about the troubles of being skinny, but alas, no. I mean it's totally fine to talk about wanting to be thin and I get it, but I just want somebody to relate to on this.

I LOVE THIS.

Wow wow wow, that is brilliant !

Omg i feel exactly like that!!

I feel the same about my weight I eat quite healthily and I try hard to exercise regularly but I'm still really fat and it makes me feel really upset.

this is beautiful

I can relate to 1:23 because sometimes I squeeze my fat and act like I’m slicing it away with my hand is that crazy???

Dodie, maybe you won't ever see this, but this made me stop and think. I feel fat, somebody called me fat, but after this, I don't really think it matters. Thank you for making this.

Finnally a body positive video from someone who isn't plus sized

Sometimes, it's like you write my thoughts. 'She' is very familiar to me, but this even more so. I think you look beautiful, but people think that of me, I'm told. You do though!

And you're so very talented. And awesome. 

wow.. this is wonderful

I've never connected with a video more than this one

That looks so frigging delicious! Save some for me!

So beautiful x

Could someone please make a subtitled video of this in Spanish?

I think a lot of people are missing one of the huge points of this - that you can be "skinny" and still feel so uncomfortable in your own skin.

I love this message but really, after being teased about my size in school and now always self conscious - skinny is not as good as it is glamourised to be. People think they can get away with more jokes about being thin than being fat

that was amazing

so powerful

Love it

The problem with weight is everyone has issues with where it is. I have some stomach fat, and when wearing shorts my thighs appear fat. But if I attempt to wear skinny jeans they sag and look weird. Idk.

this is beautiful..

I can relate sooo muchhhh

This was awesome

typically the stuff that's bad for me just fills me with joy

O GAWD... You have to do things like this more often ;-;

Exactly how I feel 😔

sometimes I'll watch this video, than just reply it and pause at 0:05 to make myself happy

TRIGGER WARNING
I remember when I was terrified of eating anything with sugar. My starved brain was getting twisted. This slice of bread will make me fat, why would anyone eat ice cream and pizza was scary. My old favorite take out meals turned into ordeals and no one seemed to notice why I so often said I felt 'sick' or 'full' or 'still not hungry' or why I walked out of the bathroom after every meal pale and shivering.

I could fit a fist between my thighs but because of the size of my hips I said it was all lies. My sickly skin could barely stretch across my back my shoulder blades and collar bones cutting my spine protruding so much that when I lay down on the ground, it hurt. Could see the bones in my arms and my hips bones pointed out like claws but 'Skinny boys don't eat' my stomach caved inward yet like my torn up wrists and suicide attempts it was all hidden, under baggy jumpers, except when doing martial arts the place where you are meant to look strong and I had weakness written all across my body, when washing up I was tired of wet sleeves so instead I received death glares from my family.

And despite my brains inability to understand numbers I took it upon myself to start counting calories, what should I eat today, a grape, half a grape, maybe I'll go without, Meanspo poisoning my mind and my brain becoming my own personal bully. When dinner was finished this voice would scream how I've ruined everything and 'exercise makes you happy' but when I am collapsed on the floor, my ribs visible through my wafer thin skin heaving and tears rolling down my cheeks did I feel good. The voice certainly was saying I felt good.

When I squeezed my skin, not fat but skin, and my voice and my voice both screaming 'Don't you wish you could shrink!?'

I wanted clothes to fall on me like the 'hot guy' in our group that everyone thought was attractive I wanted that, I wanted people to be proud of me as if the way clothes fell on me actually mattered to anyone, as if the cellulite on my thighs and the bags under my eyes actually mattered. I no longer saw people. I saw flat chests and thigh gaps and cheek bones and collar bones and hips bones and skeletons and dead boys and skeletons and dead girls and over used scales that I would later smash against a wall as I slumped down to the ground astounded that after all my work it sat at a whole '108' pounds. And when that number dropped to '99' it still wasn't enough so half a grape was too much and meals weren't acceptable.

And when I, the skeletal figure stood himself in front of the mirror, he did not see his decay. He did not see what going hungry during the school day and hours of retching over a toilet had done to him. Despite an army of friends screaming the truth and how much he begged himself to see what they saw he still saw, fat.


-I never want to be that way, ever again. And I cannot ever thank enough the people who helped pull me through.
This should not be a thing that anyone has to go through.
And this isn't me asking for attention. I'm just sharing my experience.

I can relate to this so well except im doing pretty well exercise,no food,throw up waht I eat. I losin but its happening so slow and its painful too..sorry for botherin y'all

Sweet use of the length of "skinny" to make it stick out!

Dont know how you can relate to these feelings you speak of ( maybe you used to be fat?) Either way this was a nice vid.

This is brilliant. Something we can all relate to. I don't eat a lot of cakes/chocolate/icecream but pizza is my weakness. I've lost 21lbs since joining the gym but there's still always that pressure to be a better version of yourself. So glad someone reminded me recently I'm awesome as I am. No matter how many compliments or insults you get it's what the man or woman in the mirror says that matters most and they should always be loving which aint easy.

I am constantly battling these thoughts and comparing myself to everyone I see. I often look at people and wonder why they don't have the same worries as me and why their weight isn't constantly on their mind. I go through phases of starving myself and then binge eating. I pretend not to care yet it brings me to tears when I look in the mirror. I can easily lose weight but it's never enough.

you're beautiful and inspire me

This is amazing what. Ily. 😻

Beautiful <3

Exactly how i feel omg.

THAT WAS SO AMAZING 

You're so awesome

Let's all be thankful that our biggest problem is too much cheap and ubiquitous food. 90% of human history would be jealous of our #1stWorldProblems

This describes me perfectly

I'm actually a healthy weight for my height, but I still feel self conscious over the little chub I have. Some things just don't fit me well and in stores, my clothes are considered plus sizes. But when I go to the doctor's they say I'm super healthy. It's just the sizes of my clothes that guilt me into thinking that I'm over weight.

A M A Z I N G !!!

I love the ending...can I have some?

loved the ending

Oh.. This is amazing

BE FAT FOR GOD SAKES. Suuuuuuure there's health issues. Believe me I know that shit, but FUCK IT. Live life and make it fucking amazing. Don't go overboard and be 1000lbs and just be like "my legs done function" but be chubby and be proud of who you are and how "large" you may be! I'm comfortable saying I'm nearly 270lbs and I'm fuckin proud. You should be too!

I FEEL THE SAME WAY I WANNA LOSE WEIGHT BUT I DONT WANNA EAT RABBIT FOOD

Isn't it weird that we don't mind the size of other people but are crazily critical of ourself???Great video, means and helps a lot to many of us,Thank you❤️

I will never feel okay, until then. I will just sit and eat ice cream all day.

Oh Dodie!!! hug I literally shed a tear!!! A MANLY tear! not a sissy one! ... ahem... lol

i adore this

Omg I love this

Let me tell you that i gave up dairy and i'm still fat

This is perfect

love your British accent , wish i had one 

I am a size 0, and even if you're this small society has trained you to hate your body no matter what and we can all try to take a stand. It's starts with 5 simple words, "My body is okay."

Amazing!

Ugh this is, like, three years old and I've only just seen this. I'm currently attempting to lose weight and honestly it's so hard. Food is so good. I've been ill, as well, so I wasn't able to swim for around three weeks in a row. I work in a supermarket so chocolate/crisps/junk food is RIGHT THERE and so easily accessible without my parents having to know I binged that day.
I've had days where I've purged. I'm not bulimic - I don't do it often enough - but there's a couple of times a month where I just can't help myself. Those days I come home after throwing up from work? I had a packet of crisps on my break and felt guilty. The reason I where long sleeves? Sure, it's cold outside, but the cuts are the main reason I hide my arms. I'm constantly tired and always depressed due to the things that I'm eating and all the new stress of working a new job and trying to get a second one while I try and convince my own fat ass to go out for a run.
I swim once a week, wanna bump it to twice, see how it goes I suppose.

I'm sorry for rambling but Dodie's videos are some of the only places I can sort of chill, relax and talk about this kind of thing without fear of judgement.

:) I loved that

That's how I feel everyday

I know this feeling a bit too well...
And the worst part of all.
I really do try to lose weight but when i do i only seem to gain weight... Not lose it...
I makes me feel so powerless about what's going on with my own body >.<...

Actually this past week I have cried over my appearance. I hate my body and I'm going to do something about it. I'm sick of people telling me that I don't need to lose weight when they're probably telling the truth but I don't feel comfortable within my body. I'm not the smallest of people and being 5 foot 10 doesn't help me not wanting to not stand out from the crowd. I feel all blubbery and yucky but I know in a few months I will feel comfortable hopefully with just watching what I eat.

<3 I... I wish I could brush it off as easy as that and have a bowl of ice cream. But, someone I know doesn't let me.

What a legend

My parents don't know I don't eat a lot, my parents don't know I weigh myself every time I go to the bathroom. My parents don't know that I'm pansexual. My parents don't know that I'd be better off dead. So many other people don't know others secrets.

How did I only find this now ? This is great !

How does this not have more views?!

Amazing 😢

Amen to that sista

The human race is never truly satisfied. In a way it's a good thing because then we wouldn't have hopes and dreams that make us feel satisfied but that can also mean that we aren't satisfied with our body, personalities or ourselves to some extent of not fitting a mould that is created by the media. Which is weird when you think about it.

i am 14 years old and over 90 kg. ive always been fat, i look at pictures of me when i was younger and i have just always been too big.

This is completely and utterly perfect. 
So many people, who should never have to, relate to this in so many ways. 
For years and years i have felt like this, felt insecure because of ridiculous beauty standards. But, you Dodie Clark have helped me in so many ways to make me understand that what i look like doesn't matter, but it's how i feel about myself and how the people that really care feel about me. People who mind don't care, people who care don't mind.
Thank you so much Doddleoddle. you are perfect.

MY TWO FAVOURITE THINGS SPOKEN WORD AND DODIE

Im naturally skinny and i hate it. After watching this video I burst into tears. I thought this video was going to encourage naturally skinny girls to feel better about themselves. It's just made me feel lien times worse. I wish had a body with curves. Every time I try and put weight on its hard. I doesnt even seem like any change is happening. I guess I am who I am. That tall girl with stick thin legs and arms.

love this

That ice cream at the end looked amazing, chef Dodie, what is in itttttt

I love this xxx

I love this

U dont know How hard i needed this

I love this

this is so .... i dont know describe me so good

You should do this on Ted talk!!!

still loving this vid <3

I have chills.

I'm feeling so many emotions right now. Can I go cry in a hole.

I know that you didnt mean it this way :') just wanted to share the other side 

turn this into a song PLEASE

the fact that dodie is insecure about her weight hurts just a bit because i kNOW that its just her mind telling her these things because her body is perfect and i would dIE for a body like that. but when i watch this i can relate but that's because im actually fat, and it's not just me. and although it sounds INCREDIBLY selfish and wrong and gross, I'd much rather be one of those people who really have a perfect body and refuse to see it, than a person who actually has a body that gives them a reason to be insecure.. i know it paints me as a horrible person to say that,, sorry

even she us just saying out a poem it feels like she is singing a song 🌝

I wish I could write like you and nice accent XD

I am thin...extremely thin. People compare me to others. That's all they ever do. Society doesn't stop.




"Put on a little weight."
She's told.
Hasn't this sentence gotten a bit old?
Finally a few pounds.
"You're so fat!"
She's told.
All people care about, is how another person looks.
Your thoughts, they shook.
"You're not going on the right lane,
Putting on/taking down weight because you're shamed for it isn't pain."
Out of their mouths, the words rain.
All they know is how to shame.
They're people with no feelings.
They want you to look like barbies,
They'll tell you that over and over again.
Even if you do the same.

-Ashriya J

This poem was written by me. Age almost 13. If you share this...please give credit. <3

I can relate to this. I'm so insecure. Why is society pressuring us to be approx. 2cm thick. WHY

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

i actually love my body :)

I always think I’m too skinny. I’m just bones and a thin layer of skin. So I eat more and more but I still don’t have curves like other girls. I try to eat healthy so I don’t get over weight. But I’m almost underweight. I don’t know how to cope with it but, I try to think that someday I’ll look like other girls. I just want to be normal. I haven’t told anyone this so it feels kinda good to get this off my chest.

I got anxious when you ate that ice cream. 😂😭

makes me tear up

YOU'RE AWESOME x x x x

If I'm skinny enough I just might fit those jean and maybe fit in to society too...

this, is fucking incredible.

A guy in my class once told me that he'd rather be my size than be skinny because his parents make him eat more and he thinks that it would be easier if he was overweight.

BRAVO! BRAVO!! BRING IN THE OSCARS!!! Like, Emma Watson WHO??

i. love. this.

I guess I would like to say I am a fan of all people. I am for good men and women of all types, shapes and sizes. Good people. I too struggled with weight concerns in my teens and twenties but ultimately accepted my body type. I am happy with mine now in my middle age. I found a man in my late 20's who likes girls with shapely butts and we are still together. I like food, I like exercise. They are not and never have been mutually exclusive. Moderation is the key. I have never felt anything but protective of the biologically skinny girls. I think of all young ones as my kiddos especially the girls and appreciate that they are at a different time in life than me and support their own future acceptance if they have not reached it.

as an anorexic.... this made me cry. fuck

Brilliant!!!!!

I think it's funny how how everyone thinks the if they're a size 0 they'll bee perfect, but in reality I'm a size 0 and I'm insecure about my self and I'm the farthest thing from perfect. Just because you're a size 0 doesn't mean you'll be happy if you don't love yourself.

i'm forever in tears

You are beautiful, do not let societies drivel over come you. 

Tears, where did you come from? You were not expected.

this is incredible ily

You are so beauty I wish I looked like you. 😔

When you're struggling with bulimia and you come across this video.....

Leggings actually make my thighs look skinnier even tho they aren't

you are amazing

As an extremely skinny girl myself, it sucks! I want a muffin top! I want to be cute and tubby! No matter how much I eat I'm still paper thin! I hate it! I hate the face that my collar bone could cut diamonds and my thigh gap is like the Grand Canyon! Being skinny is nothing to brag about

I feel so GOOD

Does anyone know what the line "I'll pull up my tights and wear baggy tops" meant? (As in within reference to be being fat)

I'm on rock5chalks side, though I wouldn't really use "over eating slobs" but he/she's really making a point. Being fat is starting to get accepted more in society and everyone has come up with many comebacks if someone makes fun of you for being fat or whatever. Being really SKINNY is being more made fun of, none should be made fun. I don't think she's FULL out encouraging obeseity (or however you spell it I don't care) but I can see some hints that show that she's saying you don't have to do anything about your weight which is A REALLY BAD MESSAGE!!! People can die of anorexia, and people die of obeseity... I'm just saying I notice she's encouraging not to do anything about your weight and to just keep doing what you are doing rather than encouraging obeseity just like that.

This was really good but it made me very sad for some reason :c

I used to think this way but i don't anymore. Now that i think about it i am quite proud of it haha. I think the main reason i stoped thinking that way is becouse i realised how dangerous it is to think that way. Of course just knowing it is really dangerous to think like that doesn't make you suddenly think you are beautiful but there are a few things that have helpt me: one is that you know how so many people have getting slimer or fitter or something like that like a new tears resolution? Well instead i had being content with my body. Another thing that might work is being occupied with thing you like to do. I found that when i traveled to se my dad i didn't think about the way i looked until i came back and i think that was becouse we where always doing things we al liked so i always had my mind on other things. And one more thing remember that helth should come before everything. Or at least that is what my mom sais haha, but i think it right.

OMG I just realized this was the very first Dodie video

I love how people perceive skinny girls as wanting to be skinny. I’m 14 and weigh 75lbs. I’ve always struggled to gain weight. I eat regularly but it’s hard for me to gain pounds. I would love to be able to wear women’s leggings and fit clothes that are cute. Being skinny isn’t always a blessing. Now the body fad has changed to something I can not achieve. Having big butts and curves is what everyone desires but I’ll never get that. People thinks it’s ok to nag skinny girls about their weight. Pointing out the pointy elbows and thin legs, some even get called a twig. Some people brush it off and others take it to heart. So let me ask you one question, is skinny shaming OK when fat shaming is NOT?

I can't wear leggings. My thighs look like two mating whales. It's so true it hurts.

this hit me hard....real hard

Who the hell thinks this not a good video? WTH people it's not all about looks.

Well Dodie... I am 14 and so self conscious because i`m skinny! i cant wear baggy t-shirts i fit into no jeans i have the longest neck on the planet and an extremely flat stomach! im also a boy so that dos`nt help bc i have no obvious muscle. also i am a pig at eating and i just loose it so fast. i eat SO MUCH AND THEN EAT MORE idu my body but love it all the same... i think...

absolutely beautiful 

I'm naturally skinny but I get a load of comments about it. They say where does all that fat go and I feel like saying I don't know and I don't care where it goes because I'm happy. To everyone out there weight is only a number in my eyes

Ohhhh this is too relatable :c

honestly I can't understand why people would want a small body like mine. I absolutely hate it. I get teased for having tiny wrists and my stomach isn't big enough to eat more than 2 slices of pizza. I have itty bitty ankles that go along with my, as multiple people have stated, 'chicken legs.' unlike others I wish my body was larger

I need to be skinny now 😊

I have friends who make fun of me playfully about being a little tubby and I laugh but inside I actually feel kind of shit. Mum tells me I need to get fit and my brother teases me saying I'm fat. it just pisses me off, that I don't feel comfortable going out in public in case you can see my fat through my shirt. I guess I'll have to live with it. Ooh look, some ice-cream.

Exactly what I feel like

I always feel like I've got thunder thighs but I know skinny is bad because I know a lot of skinny people and it's not pleasant looking at baggy tights(if you know what I mean)

Love this and u<3

I watched this after I just ate a tub of marshmallows : 3

I am skinny. I don't do anything to be skinny... I just am. It's no picnic, though. People tell me I need to eat more, they assume I am unhealthy, and some are so jealous that they can't say anything nice to me. I'm just petite. My bones are thin. I can't help that. I know that there is fat shaming and bullying, but can we take a second to realize that skinny people don't get as much positivity as people think? According to society, you are either too fat or too skinny. You're never perfect. But isn't that what being human is? Being different. Not fitting every norm.
So yeah. Just be happy with you. Your flaws are only flaws if you decide they are. So embrace who you are. It's okay to love yourself.

Why does she remind me so much of Anne frank? Doesn't matter I love both of them

as a person that has not eaten for a long period of time before, skinny isn't worth it. it's not. you need to eat, none of you lovely people ever forget that. "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!" That's bs. I'm a bit cubbier now and my thighs are huge, but does it matter? no. we're all beautiful. I know it takes a long time to accept yourself, but being a bit bigger is okay. trust me. stay safe friends ❤

people are being really mean to tomska on his channel about him maybe gaining a few pounds and i think they should all watch this great video

I love you so much!! :)

I get called a walking stick and a bag of bones. Thanks. I want to be different now.

I've had anorexia for about four years and i relate to this.  Now i am better. And i'm quite lucky that i got better.

this made me cry😭im bulimic

I wish I could have that treat

"I don't wear leggings... They show my big thighs"

IM TUBBY AND PROUD

I say that, it's a lie, I've just learned not to care, I differ in personality so I can differ in my weight area, a small amount of people will like me, fat or thin, but the media lies. When everyone in the world is skinny and frail the media will change, showing women with jelly in their belly, blubber all around, if that was the case everyone would be round. :)

Very relatable, unfortunately. Great poem though :)

thank you ♥️

Amazing.

I wear a size 00-1 and I'm still insecure about my body

that ending though

I watch this at 10am eating chocolate.

Though we all feel insecure
Wouldn't it be nice to be sure
That we are healthy and happy
But all I feel is flappy
A person who is 6,5 in feet
A person who cares about what she eat
But in the end it's all said in done
In the end I'm still to big in the bum
Boys look for girls with big chest
So does that make me just a pest?
A girl you will only think as a friend
Someone who is just there till the end
But no,
No more
I can be who I want and feel the adore
The crowd may not cheer my name
But in the end there is no one to blame
I'm just the girl I don't care about fame
Just a girl who likes to feel lame
So judge all you want see if I care
I won't eat salad, I won't even darw

Thank you <3

I hate my body but I love this

Same girl. I have body image problems

I don't want curves or boobs or anything I'd like to be skinny and I honestly don't care about how many "skinny" girls want that, not in a rude way just everyone around me is skinny

...that's why one day a week should be an eat anything day...just eat responsibly during the week, and on one day a week eat what you want...that way you don't break down and like eat a couple pizzas, cakes, a couple cases of beer, and maybe purge them...you know you have an eat anything day coming up...and you can shoot for a better long term realistic goal....great vid....

its like my inner thoughts.

this is so perfect 

First line I cried I relate so much to that I wore cut baggy jumpsuit today everyone said I either looked fat or like a genie. I can't even where anything anymore, I just sit in a bra and shorts that I've never worn in public, because I'm to afraid to show the scars on my leg, the blonde hairs on my fat legs because my mum won't let me shave. I cry when I look on the mirror, because I don't see a girl, I don't see a boy. All I see is someone crying at the sight of themselves, I can't even take compliments if u say I'm pretty I will disagree and get angry because I know they are lying. I look at my friends they look amazing all the curves in the right places and as thin as paper, no wonder I'm vegan because if I eat sugar I gain weight where my friends can eat anything and never gain weight. No wonder I carry a calculator everywhere just to check the calories, no wonder I have a permanent stop watch in my brain do I know how to exercise. No wonder why I where layers of makeup to hide my true self. No wonder I feel as if I'm behind bars, bars of my mind and the expectation of humanity. I don't remember the last time I was myself, maybe I've never been myself. Maybe I'm nothing but the pain and tears of people who hate their body inside and out.

I'm crying. Literally crying.

Incredible.

This video has inspired me

We r like all the other animals, some of them r big, some of them r small. I dont like to use the words "fat" or "skinny" because some people feel bad when they are "skinny," and some when they r "fat." Well, what Im trying to say is that nothing is wrong, and nothing is right about how u look. And it doesnt matter if you not are outside often or active with your body. Because it's not wrong to eat ice cream instead of an apple. Some people say to others that if u want to be skynnier, u have to do this or that. NO. They can be however they want to be. I-ve seen big and small humans. All of them are bueutiful in theyre own way. You can say: I want to be SKYNNIER or FATTER. That doesnt say how u look. My weight is like 50, and am 12. Thats not wrong. And if u r at my age and weight 30. I dont give a fuck. Its just what they/you weight. Not what u have to weight. Well, as I already said, it doesnt matter how big or small you are, it does just matter that u like what u r doing. If u dont like that ur forexample is sitting in the sofa 4 houre everyday, try do do another thing. Just do what u want to do. Dont try to to what everyone else do, try to do what YOU want to do!

(Sorry if my english is bad, Im norwegian and Im 12 like I said earlier, but that doesnt matter at all, because Im me, not you.)

I have cut back on eating a lot. And I'm still not getting any skinnier.

This is very good, I hope you don't feel 'fat' though because you're not at all! I think it's really sad that people get so down about how they look body shape/size wise. I feel like a lot of people look at someone like Jennifer Lawrence (I love her by the way no hate i promise!) and think 'oooh yay she loves food, love your body!' But only because she has an AMAZING figure, if it we're someone a lot bigger saying "oh yeah i love pizza give me more" the same people who praise JL are suddenly all "oh thats SO unhealthy how DARE they project such an irresponsible view". I saw someone tweet "I really hate fat people" and it made me so mad - Its like saying you hate someone because they have anorexia, obesity can also stem from a food disorder. Over eating due to mental issues is so common, just like anorexia but people cherish and shower anorexia sufferers with love and support (just as they should!) but laugh at larger people and take pictures of them to share with their friends, like they're not real people at all. It's just so sad - to hate someone purely based on their weight just seems totally absurd, but sadly that's the case for so many people. It's such a shame that those who are larger feel too embarrassed to do certain things or even just go out in public in fear that there'll be those people who point and stare or even think they have the right to voice their opinion "oh thats so unhealthy, think of what its doing to their body" well drinking alcohol and smoking is also bad for you, but why is that seen as 'cool'? Sorry I've gone on a bit of a tangent.....love you Dodie! xx

Life.
This made my day so far

amazing.

I've felt bad for ages, but it's not all about weight or how you see yourself. Mine is mainly about scars and the left overs from things I thought were a good idea or that'd help, but did the complete opposite. I know I should be happy that I am not hugely dragged around by my body weight or how big I am, but it's my looks. I hate my nose, huge chin, stomach (not the size), scraped up legs and my tiny crooked eyes. I love you Dodie. Yes, this is a very old video, but it still makes me feel so much better (along with one of your newer videos on Doddlevloggle called FLAWS. You have made me feel so much better even though you tell me how you feel, not what you do to cope. You telling US about how you feel makes us feel better because it tells us that we're not alone. Yes, I understand that many people around us feel like us, but they're normal. You, not saying you're a huge celeb and are better or that you think that way, but having someone of more popularity or fame than us having the same insecurities helps, it really does. I don't even know if you'll see this comment that I have been typing for the past few minutes, but it has helped just typing it. You have helped. I just want to tell you: thank you. No, I am not saying that I am confident about my size because I am not at all, but you have made my mind a little healthier with that side of my insecurities. I hope I can make a video response someday telling you how thankful I am of you. I love you so much and I hope you know lots more do. I don't check my channel too often, but my Twitter is @dodieswhiskers. I love you, thanks for being my extra big sister, along with Hedy<3.

My most favourite rugby quote ever : I look at people with skinny necks and think life has failed you :L

Pretty much how I feel

man this hit me

Could I perform this at my assembly?i will credit you

To hell with societal expectations. Be yourself, and screw everyone else (:

how to be skinny:
realized, your covered in skin
tadaa

She is litterally Emilia Clarke from me before you

I bet the whole time she was thinking "my ice cream is melting my ice cream is melting" haha

Those are the thoughts that I have constantly.

my entire thoughts in one fucking video

For anyone who is insecure about their bodies, take it from me. When I was five, I was a twig, I ate whatever I wanted, and ran everywhere, practically bouncing off the walls. When I was seven, I started to get a belly, but I hadn't noticed it much, yet. When I was eight, I was no longer home schooled, and so I went to school and would get made fun of for being chubby, that my belly was bigger than my chest. When I was twelve, I tried dieting, it didn't work. When I was thirteen, I didn't care how I felt, I wanted to be skinny. I wanted to be attractive, so I didn't eat. But I couldn't make it obvious, could I? So I ate in front of my parents, then i went to the bathroom and threw it up. I was finally skinny, but I didn't know that. I could still grab at the slight chub left on my stomach, would punch my big thighs, hoping, praying they would get tiny. I wanted a gap. I wanted my calves to be the size of my ankles, and my arms to be the size of my wrists, little did I know they were almost there. When I was fourteen, I got into high school, and I started band camp, I didn't eat breakfast, and didn't want to drink too much water because my stomach would expand, as anything does if you put anything in it, so I had heatstrokes. At lunch, I'd make the excuse that I would eat when I got home, I wasn't hungry. At home, I'd say I ate at band camp, I wasn't that hungry. I'd eat a little popcorn, throw it up. At parties, i still said I wasn't hungry, one of my friends had to force me to eat a slice of pizza one time because he could tell. He could tell I was hungry. He could hear it in my voice, see it on my face, but no one else could. When I was around fifteen, I became vegan, not for animals, or the environment, so that I would be skinny. I didn't feed myself enough, so I would black out, get lightheaded, one time I fell over onto the floor in the band room because all I ate for breakfast was a few grapes, and the night before, a small salad with nothing else in it. Now, I'm going to be sixteen in about a month, and I've learned to love my body. I'm healthy, and I know that it is physically impossible for me to have a thigh gap due to my bone structure, and the fact that our family naturally has a lot of muscle in their thighs and calves. But still, the point of this was not just to talk. The point is that I want you to know that none of that got me anywhere. All it did was mess with my metabolism, and my self esteem. Do I still wake up, and wish I was skinner? Sometimes, yes. But should I starve myself to get there? No. No matter what stage of it you're in, please eat, please don't throw it up, please be healthy. Not for me, for yourself. Strive for what you want, and trust me, healthy you will look so much better than hungry you. Go for a run, swim, jump rope, lay in your bed and do work outs, have a balance, eat chips, and salad, but please be healthy. Not for me, not for society, for you. I love you, if anyone needs to talk about anything, I'm here. If you want to message me, my Instagram is @napsboi, you can message me anytime, and we can talk about whatever you want, or need to. But please, I love you, and you should, too.

i feel so fat all the time, i keep putting my prom dress on for June and i cry every time, i feel like a whale, i dont know what to do, i want to starve but i love food and hate exercise, its so unbelievably hard. 

Well, MY MUM'S COMPLAINING ABOUT ME BEING SKINNY AND STUFFING ME WITH STUFF. I DONOT LIKE IT!!!

fucking love you <3

Thank you!

I know people say you're perfect like you are, But I want to loose some weight so I can be be happier with myself. Since I recovered from anorexia 2 years ago it's gotten worse and I'm so unhappy with my body I hate it

This sums up my mind completely :/ x

You sound like moaning murdle from Harry Potter! Great poem tho :)

"nothing tastes better than skinny feels

I love youuuuu doddleoddle

This basically summed up my life

Brilliant x

<3 thank you

I'm torn between wanting to be thin, or having feminine curves.. Sadly I can't seem to have a flat stomach and boobs or hips, but I never get anywhere because one day I'll decide to lose weight and the next I want to gain it.

AMAZING

Personally i absolutely hate my body. And the kids at school let me know about it. I'm big and round in all the wrong ways. I think i'm lovely on the inside but of course, You can't see the inside at first glance. Can you?

You have a skinny body and people just assume you're dieting. You tell them you're not hungry, and they think you never are. You eat a little too much and they think you're binging, or that it's because you haven't eaten in days. You skip breakfast in the morning cuz you're running late, and they think you do it deliberately. You run to the bathroom after your meals and they think you're puking it all out. You talk about thirst, but hunger not so much, and they figure it's because you're trying not to pass out. You clutch your stomach, hold your head, wear a frown on your face- and they tell you that you look tired and dead. You wear layers to avoid them calling you skinny, or just cuz you're cold, they tell you it's because even you're beginning to realise your fragility. You may be healthy, you may just be stressed. Not everyone gets it: It's not easy on either side.

Thank you :)

I'm trying to get thick so bad. But it's so hard, I don't want to be skinny I want to be thick cos thats what boys find attractive

I am unhealthily skinny. People constantly make jokes about my weight and say they want my figure so I smile and laugh it off because god forbid a skinny girl doesn't want to look like a skeleton. I live in constant fear of being picked up because I am light enough for nearly anyone to do so. People try and force me to eat more food, thinking I have an eating disorder or that I want to be so skinny you can see my bones. I hate being so skinny and just hope that I don't feel too anxious or depressed and lose my appetite. If I lose weight I'll become dangerously skinny. Every part of me is paper thin except for my stomach, which leads to self esteem issues when my insecurities are shoved away and buried. Because of my height, everything I wear is baggy and I hate it. No matter how much I eat, how little exercise, it never goes to the rest of my body except my stomach. All the recent body shape praise has gone to those seen as 'overweight' and that anyone fitting that category deserves to love their body but that doesn't mean people like me shouldn't be able to express their own insecurites.

I'm 145lbs, average height for my age and I still look chubby because my body is like "lol guess what binch" /: I'm fine with it though

Why someone else's looks matter to others so much? why? Yes, I gain weight and lose weight all the time, why do you make me feel like losing the weight is the best thing that can happen to me or I should feel sad by gaining some? Why can't I just enjoy and love myself the way I am?! Why not?!

Just a question, are you in anyway related to Dan Howell? You two look very similar to me.

Boi ur one of the prettiest person I've ever met.

Amazing

Having a fast metabolism is the best, you can eat whatever you want and not gain any weight

Her eyes are 😍😍

I'm skinny, and I hate this word and I hate being skinny and for me I can't put on weight which I hate, seeing all my bones on show isn't very attractive, so being skinny really isn't what you think it is, and I'm sure other people will tell you the same! I'd rather have curves than my Bo'ness n show!

beautiful

I'm only just seeing this now but I have watched it over 10 times. I hate the way I look. My friends like fashion so when we go out they look at clothes and so do I. I'll say I like something and they will tell me to try it on and buy it. I never do. I will like it but it would look horrible on me. I've recently stated to feel happy again since I have been feeling really depressed and I also stopped self harming. I'm glad that's over but I still feel really upset about how I look. I wear oversized jumpers in Summer as well as winter. I'm never really hungry and I don't eat Breakfast in the morning cause I'm not hungry. I'm usually not hungry at lunch either. I do eat lunch but it's rare for me to eat breakfast. I don't have an eating disorder in just not hungry. I don't sleep much either. Usually fall asleep at 3-4am. It's not good. I guess I could possibly have a sleeping disorder. I did go to sleep at 2 last night which is better.

It will get better though. It always does

AMAZING

Well crap. I'm crying

My friend has the most perfect body! She is very skinny... that's the body I want! But she says she wants my body, because she wants to be curvy! I wish we could switch bodies!!

fucking love this and you

I watch this at least twice a week

Nice poem

that's every day of my life

When you said fairy it reminded me of peter pan..

When you said fairy it reminded me of peter pan..

sure... but u can be healthy and eat dilicious food still. And if u give up dairy you'll feel better after a while and if that's not enough motivation maybe knowing that you are helping suffering creatures is. :)

i really like your name and the way you look :)

hhuumm... @doddleoddle do not worry, you are prefect. So much so I must admit I only came across you yesterday and in the words of someone I now look up to, I'm absolutely smitten.

Damn that ice cream looks good

Yo this made me cry

i’m skinny (60 lbs underweight) and all people do is bully me.

Do you have body dysmorphia because your one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen .......

INCREDIBLE

that ice cream looks hella good

Best. Human. Being. Ever.

i can't stand my body i can't bring my self to look at it because i feel like i look gross, and i just can't seem to loose weight and thats really upsetting.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMGO AMAZING

I luv this vid but I'm quite a 'skinny' person and its because I have a fast metabolism this makes you digest quicker lots of people say I'm luckly as I can eat wat ever I want. But I just hate it how people just judge people like people assume I eat the minum and that I'm healthy . I think lots of people judge and also I think society can be quite strange as its Not alright to call someone 'fat' but its OK to call someone 'skin and bones' or 'skinny' , I know some people think wats wrong with the word skinny but it can affect people as much as the term fat xx sorry for the rant ilysm xx

I could do with loosing weight. People say "You'r not fat!" And stuff..they only say that cause I "breath in" all the time.

The greasy fry
It cannot lie
Its truth is written
On your thighs.

The thing is, even if you're skinny, people still put you down. Calling you skin and bones, and even if it's natural, for you to be skinny, people are still so mean. This goes both ways, smaller and bigger.

По моему гениально

And fall in love with them!!!

OH MY GOD I HAVE THE SAME SPOON!!!

the fact that i was eating ice cream and watching this..

now I want icecream

everyone should just except their bodies. if you can change your appearance( naturally) then do so. if it's permanent them embrace it. ignore those who's opinions hurt. it's your body it's all about what you think. don't make yourself acceptable to others. happy is healthy. so stay healthy.

this is so beautifully written, and SO though provoking. please do more of these, I can't stop replaying it :) xx

This is so good, I feel the exact way but I'm probably doubled your size!
Lots of love being sent from Ireland xxxxx

@doddleoddle beautiful! amen to that

But I'm just going to say right now that I'd give anything or your body...

She's not wrong when " chubby " people say they'll go for a run they'll be made fun of like yeah your going to do that and instead they say home felling insecure shoving ice cream into their mouth hoping and praying that'll make them feel good

I feel a lot like that, but rather than losing weight, I feel pressure to gain some. I'm a stick, and I hate it.

i write poetry about my past with depression and anxiety and eating disorders so if you liked this check me out

I have never related to a video more

Hah ironic im skinny and i wanna be fat :) but thats life eh?

it doesn't matter how skinny or fat you are as long as you know your beautiful who cares what people think your beautiful Dodie

I'm jealous thats some pizza hut level ice cream

You don't want to be skinny trust me I'm skinny you get look at in the same way

yassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss thank u dodie

damnit I can't use this for forensics

watching this again while gorging myself on easter chocolate... oops

I'll eat ice-cream with you

You see, I’m TO skinny..all I want to do is gain some weight. I’m a bit underweight!

There is nothing wrong with being a bit chubby, as long as you are healthy. Eating your feelings will only make you feel worse from the inside out.

That ice cream looked bomb .

fantastic

There's nothing wrong with going for a run and eating salad. Skinny isn't the word but HEALTHY is.

I wish I were weightless but I know it’s not healthy

AMAZINGAHHHHHH

But after this it won't be that way any more :)

thank you.

I am too skinny, not cos I’m anorexic my body’s just like “no no, you’re gonna stay skinny” I am unhealthy ;-; I’m 5”3 , 14 and 103 pounds

Completely unrelated... love the crochet blanket in the background. Who made it?

👏👏👏

awesome

But DODIE has nice thighs and a flat stomach?? I am the confuse.

I feel too skinny and too self discriminating

I totally agree with you, but I dont like how you've used the word skinny in the title, as I'm very slim myself and I feel kind of offended by the word, but no hate, its just an opinion

Thank you

Thank you

i dont care if you are fat as long you aren't unhealthily so
I dont care if you are skinny as long as yo arent unhealthily so(like many supermodels are)
face>body

This is sooooo me

This is so important

why does this remind me of riley mathews from girl meets world? i don't even watch that show😂

❤🌻

Too good

Also, that pouch of skin on your stomach? That's where all your organs are

I agree with everything
Everyone should accept skinny, fat, chubby
I don't want girls and guys starving themselves because they see a post about someone saying skinny is what everyone should be.
But when a girl or guy who can't gain weight as easily is too thin for their liking, they tell them to eat a burger. As if eating a burger or a whole fucking buffet will help them.

Our society needs to learn to accept everyone.

how have i just found this??

im the only one crying??!!?!?!?

yo this is true asf

Amen

AMEN

dont give up darry poor guy what did he do to you

make me a fairy, whatever it takes 1:26

thank you.

Omg fetus dodie

reminds me so much of cassie

💗

I'm a size 00...I eat constantly, however, I am unable to gain weight. People always make jokes about it. It really is offensive when someone says "do you ever eat?"

that ice cream looked hella gud

You.are. Beautiful.

❤️

I'm in the triple numbers, but I'm 5 foot 5 inches (I'm Ten Years Old)

My stomach isn't flat i have so many pimples and pimple marks. My hair gets pretty crazy most times. But i love my self so much. I have to be honest sometimes i feel ugly when i look in the mirror but most times all i see a beauty. And i say to myself "Damn girl! You look fine!"

This is the best

This describes me

i have the opposite problem. my bones show way more than other girls'. and wow, would you look at that, your fingers can touch while going around my wrist! i must have anorexia, they say, don't you ever eat they say, fuck those skinny bitches who have no problems, they say.

but yeah, my bones show way too much and wow, you can fit your fingers around my wrist, but no i do not have anorexia and i am not a skinny bitch with no problems.

and i have tried to get more weight and i have tried so much but my body type is not big and i cannot change that in two fucking seconds.

so please, don't body shame anyone. have a nice day.

Dear chubbies of the world,
It's not your fault. There's so much already against us, we don't need to be against each other, too. Did some of us choose to be fed formula? To be given rice cereal in our bottles? Are we collectively knowledgable on things like MSG, and GMOs? Do we realize the effect our food has on us and place blame there? Or even knowing can we fight the addiction to sugar and processed foods? Is it our faults that we are the constant target of ad campaign after ad campaign feeding our minds the crap we put into our bodies?? Or how you practically have to be a certified nutritionist to walk into a grocery store and actually come out with something healthy? We live in a world where convenience rules and even our "fresh" food is contaminated. For some of us, obesity begins on day one, and is a life long battle. There's no money in educating the masses to be healthy and vital, to remove the poisons from our grocery stores. We are customers of the pharmaceutical companies, and our children are future customers. We can change for sure!! But we have to do it together.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Not trying to be rude, but for me the best way to lose weight was going to a dietician. I know, maybe you find a bit of solace in food or you don't want to eat, but going there isn't just for weight loss. It's for a healthier and balanced lifestyle.

i love

i get what you were saying about not comforming to society's pressures to be skinny, but it does kind of come off as body shaming for those who are skinny - it just kind of sounds like you're angry at people who are skinny for having the body they have, and that's not on. just saying x

AAAAAAA THIS MADE ME WEEEP

But your so skinny! I wish I was like u...

'If you use your brain you won't get fat' - L. Lawliet

I'm telling you being thin, isn't that great either, i'd rather be plump or at least a size 12 again.

Im all ready skinny because i dnt eat breakfast before school cause i have no time

💕

A size 0 fairy

Make me a fairy whatever it takes

She's legit so skinny tho

❤❤

WOW!

why was that relatable

I feel the opposite, I HATE being skinny. My jeans always sag because I have no hips, no thighs, no butt. I'm always cold because I have no meat. I'm your stereotypical white girl

so true

i dont want to be skinny anymore

Funny how my schools idea of "healthy living" is teaching me how to hate my body by shouting out my weight and body fat to all these beautiful girls and making me shower when I already wear tank tops under tees so I don't show any stomach. Funny how when trying to encourage me to stay active by forcing me to run and compete with people five times my skill level they actually make me want to curl up and die or at least never move again. My self confidence is at an all time low and yet when I tell people these thoughts the response is "they're just excuses" "stop being so lazy" "it's not that hard" "there's nothing you can do so stop whining" "do it or you'll be punished." Did you know you can fail gym at my school for not getting naked and showering? Sorry I'm only comfortable wearing multiple bras in an attempt to flatten my chest. Sorry I don't want to compare myself to other girls and make me hate myself even more. Sorry I don't want people to see my scars on my stomach. Sorry I don't want to show everything to a room full of practicality strangers. Sorry I'm not okay with that.

it makes me sad that you at that way thought that you were fat. my arms are probably bigger than your legs and my legs are probably the size of your waist. and let's not begin with my waist. i just hate to see girls with perfect, normal bodies hate themselves and call themselves fat when me, and overweight girl is here trying so hard to love her body but she just can't.

I'm skinny.. flat stomach, bones poking out... the whole lot. I don't want to be like this. I can't drag myself out of my bed in the morning, I struggle to go to University, I barely leave my flat, I'm scared to go clubbing because it's so crowded and I get crushed and pass out, I faint on trains.. in public.. in my own room.. in the shower, I love food, I'm too little to eat a lot of it so I end up starving anyway because I can't force myself to eat a lot. It's the worst. I'm always ill and sometimes I get worried I might die. I don't know why I'm skinny, I don't do it on purpose, and so many people wish to look like me or have my body but I really wish they didn't wish that. It's not fun to be skinny like me. I'm fed up of fainting. Skinny is beautiful, fat is beautiful, everyone is beautiful.. but beauty doesn't always equals 'healthy'.

i am a fridge
me being a little overweight keeps me warm lol