I LOVE YOU MORE AND THIS WAS TOTALLY INSPIRED BY YOUR WONDERFUL POETRY


beb? hehehehe Dodie and Jack another song please! literally...xxxxxxx  #UkuleleLife

the conforming to societies rules bit was inspired by you beb x


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

Im skinny but i have a problem of not eating and telling myself that im never be good enough.
I hate my thighs and my arms. I may seem like a twig but i still tell myself im never good enough for anyone with my body..
Now, i may get complaints by what i say but it's true. Rn im trying at least to get better but i still fall bc of the voice.
(Btw if you dont know what this is called, it's called anorexia. It's an eating disorder)

faith there shouldn’t be a middle ground

People are saying I wish I was skinny and all that shit but I am skinny but people give me shit for it. Not everything is about being skinny. It isn't going to miraculously change your mindset.

I'm as flat as a carpet, but I'm born like that. It doesnt help that I don't have appetite.

t a r a I can completely relate people always say “omg do you need a bucket of fried chicken” heck yeah! I’d eat it but gain no fat or weight from it.

Us being "perfect" is what society wants, so many people are trying to have the beauty standards that society made :(

faith julia thank you so much. So many people ask me why are you so skinny, all ive ever wanted was to fit into bras wear the clothes that dont just hang. Look pretty. Have curves in the right places. I realise now that no one is perfect. But i love myself. I dont want to be the person i imagined anymore

faith julia yh, I'm rlly skinny and extremely flat chested (srsly, half the guys I know have bigger ones than me) and I get made fun of, but the recurring thought in my head is why does it matter that much to everyone

I am skinny and go on diets to gain weight.. but I don't, I have gained a pound , for a year tripling my portions , and still I'm shamed as anorexic and being a redhead doesn't help with my war with the society obsessed zombies. I have decided to stay my weight, I still have my period and I am energized! My doctor said I am a healthy weight for my body :) I felt happy even though I was never under weight..  why is that?

Tara- I can completely relate. It's nuts, I can't even imagine dieting- I love chocolate!

i was born skinny but everyone says its a problem that i am skinny and i dont eat enough, but i eat more than the not so skinny girls. I just wish that it wasn&#39;t the norm to have a perfect body like models. A lot of models just promote their bodies rather than being happy with yourself.

i was born skinny but everyone says its a problem that i am skinny and i dont eat enough, but i eat more than the not so skinny girls. I just wish that it wasn't the norm to have a perfect body like models. A lot of models just promote their bodies rather than being happy with yourself.

I can understand that but id just prefer not to have back pain from boobs and I'd rather not have curves or extra weight at all

The end bit, reminded me of the poem "Fat // a slam poem" lol

+Faith Julia awwwww...thank you. that means SO much. you made me smile.😆

+Jessica Mills thank you :) I'm sure you are too

it doesn't not matter if I do not know you. (I think that is what you are thinking) based on this comment you are beautiful on the inside and so that makes you beautiful on the outside

it just seems like no one is ever happy unless they're the perfect middle ground


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 late. But that was powerful, it was sad, it was real, and the emotion was true. I hope you're feeling better. I know it's hard but know that, even though I'm a stranger, I love you for who you are.

julie turrell Theres such a pressure to be perfect. Can’t be too skinny or you’re “flat and anorexic” can’t be too fat or you’re a “pig” you have to be in the middle with the perfect curves.. 😔

julie turrell I feel the sane way. Even though I am a healthy weight, a weight that everyone should be if they were not underweight. Why do I feel sp pressured against society to fit in?

julie turrell You are not alone stay strong!!

I'm so late, but I love you. And I don't care if you think that's weird because you are so beautiful. I hope you are doing better xx

Hope it gets better for you, because it will xx

Thank you, I'm not doing amazing, but it's progress xx

+julie turrell  I know I'm very late, but I hope you're doing better now <3 x

I am trying. Love u guy thank you so much x

This is really powerful if u need someone to talk to I'm here I'm going through the same thing xxxxxx


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

a) i didnt know rhys james had a youtube account
b) i didn't know he knew dodie
c) this just made my day


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 is called "not", mistaken to be ernest, when it is in fact another "e.h." - erin hansen (: nonetheless it's a really beautiful poem and brought me to sobbing haha eee


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

ps i lub yew and im going to see u in ncl wow amayzeng i no


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

GreatMystic I understand what you say about wanting to look skinny for yourself and not for everybody else. people tell me I look skinny but I still don't like my body. although I'm learning to love it for how it is and not for what I wish it would be, maybe you should try to. at the end of the day it will be the best. supose you dislike your stomach because it's too big, so you workout and eat low fat diets until you finally have a flat stomach. then you, eventually, will find more things you dislike about yourself and it will never end. at least it was like that to me. learning to love your body for however it looks like, as long as you are healthy, will be better even though it's hard. besides, at the end of the day, are our looks really important? <br>I hope you get what I mean, it's kinda hard for me to express myself very well haha. stay strong fellow phan ;) x

GreatMystic I understand what you say about wanting to look skinny for yourself and not for everybody else. people tell me I look skinny but I still don't like my body. although I'm learning to love it for how it is and not for what I wish it would be, maybe you should try to. at the end of the day it will be the best. supose you dislike your stomach because it's too big, so you workout and eat low fat diets until you finally have a flat stomach. then you, eventually, will find more things you dislike about yourself and it will never end. at least it was like that to me. learning to love your body for however it looks like, as long as you are healthy, will be better even though it's hard. besides, at the end of the day, are our looks really important?
I hope you get what I mean, it's kinda hard for me to express myself very well haha. stay strong fellow phan ;) x

Thank you for being so king<br>but i don't want it because i care what other people say/think, i want it cause i myself don't like the way i look

Thank you for being so king
but i don't want it because i care what other people say/think, i want it cause i myself don't like the way i look

The whole idea of being "skinny" has come from the media. The people in real life who care about people more than the clothing size of those people really don't care. I hope you can feel more positive about your body in the future! But the most important thing is what you're like as a person. I hope you have a nice day, and I'll always be here if you need to talk!


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

I  am sure that you will be able to recover. Stay Strong

i've been there love! i know how hard it is but you have to keep fighting and fighting and fighting till nothing is left but eventually the light at the end of the tunnel will appear and you'll realize that you will be okay.

hey, I just want you to know. when I was 6 my mum took me to the doctors and he said to let me eat what ever I want when ever I want  and I wouldn't put wight on till I was 14 15 I'm 11 right now and I'm terrified of the day I get 14 candles on the cake because it will change. everything changes, so stay strong. people will say " oh your too skinny eat something God" but if you just forget about them, eat what you want too but don't eat it if you don't like it or don't want it. because if you listen to them you let them win... so don't let them win! keep your head held high and strut your stuff, why be sad about something you can't change. take it from a 11 year old, I believe in you and so dose lodes more people in the world do hang on for them,please. xxxx

You got this honey! We believe in you! Stay strong!

+Catisacactus Stay strong, get help if you haven't. You'll be okay.

You can get through it, I believe in you

I can't imagine what you're going through! Stay strong! X

Me too🙁 it's hard some times but things can only get better.

You can talk to me :D

I have been there, I know what it's like. Recovery was hard.

+catisacactus I believe you can keep going. I'm the same way and just the other day I realized I don't count calories anymore! You are strong.


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

Alyssa Morgan have you seen the poem skinney girls bleed flowers. Its a slam poem that's really good.


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.

Shania Santiago I was 100lbs by like 4th or 5th grade


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

yes lol it was in the niagara region. It was Z 101.1 :)

Caila 05 which area of canada/do u remember which station? thats so cool! (even tho its 3 years later haha)

@doddleoddle yes! as soon as i heard the "i love my body" i yelled omg and got so excited. Keep being awesome dodie! :) x


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<br>life goals <3

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

haha, no I knew it was ice cream :P

This made me laugh though :D


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 :)

@***** +Carla Starr You are both gorgeous <3

Same here, it's not glamorous at all, I'd kill for curves :/


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

@NekkuNeko It is difficult, but I get treatment so I'll be alright. Thank you.

Wow, I've read a bit about it and it must very hard! I knew that something like that happens to some people but I didn't know that it is an illness so dangerous. Well, I guess it must be difficult to live with this but I wish you the best!!

Look up BDD (body dysmorphic disorder), it is basically having a perception of yourself that is flawed and leads to low self-esteem.

What's that? I don't mean to be rude, I'm just curious


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.

Harri B Jesus, ill simply never understand why some women want to be skinny like small children. That does not look attractive at all and is not desirable at all. Literally had that same problem and was made fun of to hell and back for not being “womanly” and having curves

Reading these comments made me realize I'm not alone, because I'm 13 and have body issues as well. Not severe ones, but they take a toll on my self esteem (especially when I have a thin sister with a thigh gap). I just want to say to everyone in the comments, please don't be insecure about your body. I know you can't just snap your fingers and have self confidence, but realize that everyone of all shapes is beautiful. Society has taught us that skinny is beautiful and its given us this false idea of what "beauty" is. Look in the mirror every day, tell yourself, "I'm beautiful", even if you don't believe it. (I didn't make that idea up) Hopefully, overtime, you'll have a positive self image of yourself.

@Phan Is craft I cannot believe how identical our lives are when it comes to this. It's exactly the same for me.

It's very much the same with me , I'm thirteen and a size 12 in women's and it makes me feel bad when my skinny friends drag me to the kids section I i just stand awkwardly. My friend who is a size 0 asked for my opinion on a crop top  she said "do u think this will make me look fat?" And I disagreed whilst carrying an oversized jumper . My other friend who's a 6-8 complains about her weight all the time yet I think her body is perfect tbh. My ex-friend wanted to put on more weight but I'd give to be as skinny as her (were not friends anymore)

+QuirkyCat i know how you feel.... all of my friends are skinny and they say that there "thighs are to big" or "omg my thigh is jiggling" UGH it really bothers me.. i just got out of womens plus sizes (14-18... i was a 16 and now im a 10-12 but thats only cause i got taller) and they said "obese is bad for you" no is not... being morbidly obese is bad... i was EXTREMELY close to being medically obese and my doctor said i was completely healthy... its just the way my body is built... i was also REALLY close to getting diabetes... i started eating less and less.... but i wasnt starving my self... but i got to the point when i was getting headaches and i i was cold and weak all the time... but i didnt realize that i was eating less...

no one is ugly. and if people are bullying you for how you look, then theyre just disgusting. and how can anyon bully someone with the name Gwendolyn? its a fun name. no but seriously if your being bullied call them out. point out their eyebrows that hurts a white girl.<br>

I am the tallest AND widest out of all of my friends that are girls. I mean I only have a few because I find better company with guys most of the time. But even most of my guy friends are skinnier than me. I once told my friend Ben that I was ugly and fat and he just kinda nonchalantly said 'aw no you're not. You're beautiful Gwen.' And I almost cried. But I've been called fat and I've been bullied most of my life so I didn't believe it too deeply, but it meant so much.

+Evie Mae oh my gosh im the same. but as i got taller it starts to leave your body. whats harder about it is when you have a friend who wants to loose weight not for the better so for health and stuff but for looks. that's what annoys me. i think every girl goes through a stage of not liking their body but it passes. plus im with you on the ice cream :)

+Evie Mae *wider hips, ugh I get confused

I'm that size too and it's nothing to worry about! It's not plus size and it's because I have a wider waist for my age, which is perfectly normal. When I was ten I was really insecure and chubby but as I've grown, the weight has been evenly distributed among my body. I'm twelve in about a month and remember you haven't finished growing yet so as you get taller you should get slimmer :) and don't put down the ice cream- ever.

+Minnie Faith thank you. No one has ever said any thing like that before. I will loose weight. Healthily tho. I will eat only at meals, nothing in between. And my goal is by the age of 14 to be 8 stone.

+Beth Davidson your worth does not have anything to do with your weight. you're amazing and so strong. do what you need to do to be happy but please, I'm begging you, do it in a healthy way ☆ -M

This made me so sad because it explains me exactly cause I am 12 and I'm women's size 14 I feel ashamed that  I  I have tried starving but I gave up when it came to seeing someone eat a chocolate bar. I have recently got braces and lost one stone but that's only brought me to feel more ashamed of my body. I am the only one in my class who is ' fat ' and I suck  my stomach in every day to try and look thinner.

+Fluffy popcorn me too ! im 5,4 and only ten im taller than everyone in my grade and im also not so skinny but not the fattest so i know how you feel

Don't give up eating just for your weight. You can stay healthy while eating! Don't aim for being skinny but healthy! :) in that case, you will have more respect and love for yourself. Also, learn to embrace your flaws. You are beautiful. All of us are made in different shapes and sizes for a reason. The girl who has big thighs can be a great swimmer. The girl who has skinny legs can be a fast runner. The girl who is short can play basketball. We never know ;)

+Fluffy popcorn me too. you're not alone don't worry :-)

I am the tallest in my group but I know I am healthy yet I always feel like I am fat, I am hoping I will feel better when more people catch up to my height, but somehow I know that when I tell you this it is true, you are perfect no matter what shape, size, gender or hair color (or whatever you feel self conscious of)

I'm the same way. My friends eat a ton of sugar and don't gain any weight at all. I can eat a square of Chocolate and gain 1/2 a pound as it seems. And when I forget things at sleepovers or something I can't borrow someone else's shirt.

omg this made me cry im 13 and i feel like that ALOT!!

@Abigail Palmer  awe no problem :3 I'm glad it helped

+x Emo_Kitten x thank u this made me cry. I'm only 12 and this is hard but thank u


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!

Abigail Jenks same, I'm pretty healthy for my weight and height but when I see some of the other girls at school they just have such thin arms (mine look meaty) and my sister! She's thin, has a thigh gap, is in tenth grade and I only weight like 2 pounds less than her. Sorry if it seems like I'm pitying myself or asking for attention😭


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.

Denise Joan I somewhat disagree that you said skinny shouldn’t be a normal. For some people it is there normal and how they will be for the rest of their lives.


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!

I know I'm not "fat". I eat healthy. I excersize. But for some reasons I can't seem to overlook my big cheeks and arms and muffin like stomach. Don't even get me STARTED on my legs.


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 :)


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


I want to like this comment but I want it to stay 111 likes


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

@doddleoddle you're totally welcome dear ^-^ <3

this comment made me jiggle a bit with happiness thank you <33333


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. <br>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. ;)

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. ;)


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.

HayloftAdventures it’s scary that anyone feels this way. Skinny or thin. It’s just as dangerous on either side


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 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.

THIS! <br>We shall unite and be lazy munchers together xoxox

THIS!
We shall unite and be lazy munchers together xoxox


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 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!<br>If you didn't write this then... Congratulations anyway!

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. :/

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!


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


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


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 <b>that</b> 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

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 amazing and super inspirational :)


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


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


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

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


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. <br>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

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 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’m very skinny as well and everyone tells me they could snap me in half. But what I don’t get about that is why can’t my bones be strong? If they had weak bones I could snap them apart as well even if they have more fat than me.

I relate to every single word of your comment, but I'm trying to love myself a bit more. Screw it if we don't fit in society patterns, to be honest, almost nobody does, and screw all the people who ever skinny shamed us. We're beautiful, everybody is no matter if they have more or less meat in their body, and we all have to recognize it, appreciate it and love it. You're beautiful, never forget that


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


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!


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...


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.


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.

@Lauren F thank you <3 I'm a lot more confident since I posted this and I can say I was helped by youtubers like Dodie and many more and by friends that I've made recently. I've accepted myself a lot more and discovered who I really am. I embrace my black clothes and eyeliner now :')<br>Again thanks <33

@Lauren F thank you <3 I'm a lot more confident since I posted this and I can say I was helped by youtubers like Dodie and many more and by friends that I've made recently. I've accepted myself a lot more and discovered who I really am. I embrace my black clothes and eyeliner now :')
Again thanks <33


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.<br>So, I'm saying it right now, to the person reading - you are beautiful. Never think you aren't. ❤

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. ❤

Irgendein Phangirl thank you! Everyone is saying how relatable it is to not wear tight clothes cuz they're fat but it shows my bony arms and when I say that my clothes are tight on me, people say things like, no they aren't, i don't wanna hear that, stop talking.

Irgendein Phangirl you are beautiful in any shape and I bet you have killer model legs but if you want to get thicker legs try doing zumo squats, it helps your butt and legs, also eat good. Just a tip if you want to feel more comfortable with yourself😊💕

Irgendein Phangirl yea me too. stop looking at skin and start looking at eyes cuz even the most confident of people cries. theres no such thing as perfect thighs and if you say theres a perfect body type? lies.<br>BOOM. rhyme ranting.

Irgendein Phangirl yea me too. stop looking at skin and start looking at eyes cuz even the most confident of people cries. theres no such thing as perfect thighs and if you say theres a perfect body type? lies.
BOOM. rhyme ranting.

Irgendein Phangirl sometimes people don't understand that skinny can be an insult just as fat

Irgendein Phangirl i relate so much. i see all the girls in my year just perfect weight and just a perfect body and i'm super skinny. it's annoyed me so much that i'm eating so much bad and high in fat foods because i hate my appearance so much and seeing photos of my looking very unhealthy, in reality, i wish my figure looked a lot healthier...

Irgendein Phangirl <br>You are so right because I go through exactly what you go through it's nice to know someone understands😊

Irgendein Phangirl
You are so right because I go through exactly what you go through it's nice to know someone understands😊

Irgendein Phangirl thank you!! I totally agree. I feel the body positivity movement is wonderful, but sometimes people forget that skinny shaming is also a thing now

Thanks for saying this, I don't feel so alone now. Nowadays people say that being skinny is only for bitches and whatever, but they forget that skinny is an adjective, meaning it is possible to be like that, which also means that it is possible to be naturally like that. People forget that not all the problems are being fat only.

THANK YOU! I'M NOT ALONE! I've always been stick thin, but I can't help it because it's thanks to my fast metabolism. I'm always getting comments on it, not purposefully mean ones, but still rude. Plus, I don't consider myself 'too skinny' but everybody else seems to. I'm perfectly healthy, just because I'm skinnier than average doesn't mean there's something wrong with me.

Irgendein Phangirl i have the exact same problem...i legit look up calories n shit to GEt chubbier but that never works. ill eat to the point ill hurl bc i wanna gain more and widen my stomach. but that never works

OMG SAME as a guy its so weird because you can't defend yourself from bullies or anything....plus your expected to be strong but i know i cant

I'm also really skinny, but I do like the way I look, so it annoys me a lot when people say I'm anorexic. And of course that stuff about "only women with curves are attractive". 1) no. 2) I'm not obligated to look attractive.  lol

@Irgendein Phangirl thank you . You are beautiful too 💞

Irgendein Phangirl ohhh, it's soo nice. You're beautiful too!😍❤

I mean I accept it
its how I am how I was born and I would never change it
but it still bothers me, i cant help it

i have the same problem it sucks
i look like a 7 year old boy
i have no butt no boobs and im an actual stick and i hate it....

Irgendein Fangirl <br>...... I have the same problem

Irgendein Fangirl
...... I have the same problem

Thank you. I never feel like I'm good enough. I try so hard to be pretty and skinny. But reality is I probably never will be. Skinny, that is.

@noshitwill  just be happy the way you are there's no such thing as over weight and people are judgemental and if I could stop them from being I would.... bullying sucks especially if they bully you about your looks <3

the media want you to be skinny. but when you are you're 'anorexic' as if that's a description of a look and not a disorder. then you gain some wait and you're fat and feel just as insecure.

so honestly.

as long as you like your body you're alright

This was basically me as a child. When I started to get my period, I suddenly gained weight. And ever since I've received comments about how I have a "double chin", how big my butt is, and that I should take care of my weight, because if I gained a little more weight, then I'd no longer be considered "pretty".
Well, you know what?
I no longer am. Because everyone's told me what's wrong with my body - how my nose is slightly crooked, and my upper lip looks too thin when I smile - that now, I believe every single negative thing anyone's ever said about me.
The worst thing is that I constantly try to see people in the very best way of themselves, but I can't see beauty in myself.
(This turned out to be kinda poetic, I'm sorry about that)

you made me smile, so i think you are beautiful inside and out

Same... being too skinny sucks and looks crap...


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?

+SixtySecond Yoga some kids are brought up with something to show for themselves others not. I've gone through that faze of "hey if i miss a meal i'll be thin" which doesn't. now it doesn't bother me much because it's no one else's problem but mine. i wouldnt class myself skinny nor fat. but the one thing that bother's me is friends who want to loose weight just to look better when they should loose it for i dont health or something. for example my friend is trying to loose weight which i understand but when i ask why she just answers "because i want to wear a bkini" i mean thats nice n all but whats wrong with just watching some out dated films and such? I dont know i need something to say to her.

p.s nice penus cam with dan and phil

+SixtySecond Yoga I am glad you feel better. I bet you are absolutely stunning <3

one time this girl from a play i was in was driving me to the play. and I had just gotten teeth pulled like last week, so I was eating dinner with her when yaknow I bit in my fresh wounds. it was like bleeding and it really hurt. and when she asked what's wrong I started telling her that these four teeth were my most recent out of my total of seven teeth pulled. I was joking around about how awful my teeth are, and then she just became rude. she started telling me I shouldn't complain, I fit into size zero jeans while shes desperately dieting. #1 my teeth and pain have nothing to do with the rest of my body #2 I can't gain or lose weight, and its not my fault! I get picked on for being skinny all the time too, there's just no fitting in in today's society, no matter what

Same, these people need to learn to treat people with respect.

+SixtySecond Yoga I've been made fun of for my weight in both regards. I have a chronic illness so between different medications or not being able to eat, my weight changed a lot as a teenager. Any kind of comment is never nice to deal with :'(

It doesn't, it just puts weight on their conscience and makes them feel grumpy and bitter. Don't worry. I'm sure you're beautiful! You don't need them. :)

@SixtySecondYoga Yoga I totally know how you feel. All of my life people said "eat something! the wind is just going to blow you!" and just to know, I eat a LOT. It really is about family genes. I can't do anything, I just can't get bigger. Also I'm really tall, so it's more apparent - my arms, my legs, they are long, and I'm just thin. At high school I had a classmate who always called me "anorexic" and I was really mad because 1) anorexia is not something people should made fun of 2) I was working hard on putting some weight on. My best friend knew that I didn't like those comments about myself so she turned a tiger then and she went to the boy and told him to never call me anorexic again.<br>Girls maybe said rude things about me because they were jealous, but I just don't understand how saying bad things about someone or making fun of someone could heal jealousness.

@SixtySecondYoga Yoga I totally know how you feel. All of my life people said "eat something! the wind is just going to blow you!" and just to know, I eat a LOT. It really is about family genes. I can't do anything, I just can't get bigger. Also I'm really tall, so it's more apparent - my arms, my legs, they are long, and I'm just thin. At high school I had a classmate who always called me "anorexic" and I was really mad because 1) anorexia is not something people should made fun of 2) I was working hard on putting some weight on. My best friend knew that I didn't like those comments about myself so she turned a tiger then and she went to the boy and told him to never call me anorexic again.
Girls maybe said rude things about me because they were jealous, but I just don't understand how saying bad things about someone or making fun of someone could heal jealousness.

I agree with you 100%, I got so fed up of an old man at my old work saying "if you turned sideways you'd fall down the drain lol" and a woman outright said to me "you're skinny!" I said "no I'm not! I'm slim. I don't want you to call me that!" Luckily we were with my friend and she backed me up, but she shouldn't need to.

@SixtySecondYoga Yoga --------- I was the same growing up, and even still now! I cant help being slim by nature, it's just in the family, the genes! But people used to almost hate me or act stand-off-ish towards me, and later they tell me that they were jealous of my skinniness. It annoys me when the topic of weight comes up that I should have no input to the conversation as I shouldn't have issues with my body because it's slim. I dont really have issues with myself, but I still have opinions in that area. All i heard from people my age when i was 10-14 was "god i can see your ribs!!!! " <br>People seem to presume that u are ok being skinny and that constantly telling someone that they are soooooo 'thin' is acceptable! I am ok with my body but im not ok with how people react to my body! I tell them my size and I could be the same size as them and they dont believe me! Life isnt only hard for bigger people!

@SixtySecondYoga Yoga --------- I was the same growing up, and even still now! I cant help being slim by nature, it's just in the family, the genes! But people used to almost hate me or act stand-off-ish towards me, and later they tell me that they were jealous of my skinniness. It annoys me when the topic of weight comes up that I should have no input to the conversation as I shouldn't have issues with my body because it's slim. I dont really have issues with myself, but I still have opinions in that area. All i heard from people my age when i was 10-14 was "god i can see your ribs!!!! "
People seem to presume that u are ok being skinny and that constantly telling someone that they are soooooo 'thin' is acceptable! I am ok with my body but im not ok with how people react to my body! I tell them my size and I could be the same size as them and they dont believe me! Life isnt only hard for bigger people!


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

aha how could you possibly know that? :P SO ARE YOU BY THE WAY YOU UTTER CUTIE EXCUSE ME!x

oh honey honey honey I know and I love you but you ARE BEAUTIFUL


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


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.


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?

Oh my God I see Andy Biersack!!!! Awesome profile pic! :))

Thank you! I will try to incorporate more cardio to my workouts!

best way to lose the weight is cardio exercises like running, because generally strength stuff like weights will build up the muscle but not lose the fat, so a combination of both cardio (think stuff that gets your heart beating fast) and strengthening exercises will be best 😊

If you do daily core exercises, the muscle will build, whilst the fat is lost, so your weight will stay similar. If you also go out running, cycling Ect. You can easily build muscle and lose fat xx


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 think the fact that she's still quite little really highlights the point that we could never be skinny enough, or good enough, because the images we aspire to are impossible. Think about it, even the models on the covers of magazines don't look like that, they're photoshopped into oblivion. We are set up to fail no matter what. I definitely think we should focus our energy on more important things!

Skinny is relative, everyone has body issues.


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.

TWINS. i found great comfort in your comment, thank you. <3


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.

@SofieHeart wow this makes me sad. Something very similar happened to me. I was always forced to diet, (for like 5 years) until I stopped eating and lost weight, and everyone was so happy about it. But it wasn't good for me, I was depressed and had a lot of anxiety, and my relationship with my dad started deteriorating because I flt guilty everytime I ate, and it was in a way his fault. I wish I told him earlier how all those diets made me feel, that I was sad and suffering from anxiety. You should talk to your parents. Let them know that losing weight isn't the "right thing to do"; being healthy is. And no eating, isn't healthy at all, and that all this diets and pressure they are putting on you to lose weight is wrong. good luck! and stay strong <3

@Kaylen Reno don't listen to them. If you're in a healthy weight you should not worry about what you eat. It is important to be active throughout your day, but not because of your weight, but because of your health. Tell your parents what this situation is making you feel, and don't let this grow like I did. good luck and stay strong! <3

My parents are the same, but I'm okay with my body.

I had a friend who was like that too. her moms been forcing her to diet since middle school, maybe even before, that's just how long I've known her. at first she was just annoyed her mom was making her, but now she's got low self esteem and I can see her comparing herself to every other girl. it makes me so sad. she's no even fat!

@Kaylen Reno Kaylen, make sure that you have this conversation with your parents - at any age, especially as young as you, they should not be pressurising you to do things that you are uncomfortable with, and please make sure that if you are trying to lose weight, you are doing it through a sensible and healthy means; cutting out food completely will do more damage than good x

+daniisinnowhereland I'm 11 now and my mom says get more active run and run lose some weight I run away tears in my eyes and now I don't eat  and when I do its little but its not enough I still haven't lost weight

@SofieHeart WOW my parents were the same!! since I was 11 until I was 19 they forced me to diet and exercise (and I was just a few pounds "overweight") and the were never happy with my weight, and that kind of made me unhappy too :( and now (I'm 21) I am the one who is obsessed with losing weight and this is not what I wanted in my life. don't let them do that to you!

Funny this post should come up again. This post was written in December. Since then, my parents has been very strict, and I'm trying to get through the depression I've been diagnosed with. I don't eat too much anymore (I've lost about 5 kg from not eating) and my parents congratulated me.

And @Mary Schmidt I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. I really hope your recovery goes well!

@SofieHeart Unless you're at serious health risk, your parents should not be saying things like that. You might want to let them know the problems with pressuring children to lose weight. I'm a recovering anorexic, and before my parents knew, my mom would say things like "oh, your face looks slimmer," or "you look less bloated" with a positive tone to me, as if it was a good thing, and it encouraged me to keep losing weight. Of course, she didn't do it on purpose, but at the time, I was heading down quite a slippery slope. Also, skinny and healthy are not mutually exclusive either- I can touch my index finger and my thumb together all the way to my elbow, but my sugar intake when I was hospitalized was way over the scales because I craved sugar so much when I went on fasts that I would binge on sweets whenever I broke down. Moral of the story: get enough nutrients and tell people to piss off about your weight.

Oh my goodness! WHO MEASURES CEREAL? It's okay, I feel like I should make people happy, because it makes me happy!:) You cant be big enough to see a dietitian, I'm sure you're fine, ROCK IT GURLLLL!  Happy I made your day :D <3

@Emily V Funny that you replied today, because this morning I actually was to a dietitian! I NOW HAVE TO MEASURE MY CEREAL LIKE WHAT IS THIS? But thank you for saying that, it really made my day! <3

OH MY GOD THIS MADE ME OUTRAGED! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! YOUR PARENTS SHOULDN'T PUT YOU DOWN IF YOUR HAPPY! Okay rant over


And so my obsession with spoken word begins.


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 ! <br>


Oh damn....that hit hard.<br>Good job Dodie ♡

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


Comparison is the thief of joy

Loved this vid!! :D

*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


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


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 <br>


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.

Yeah... though a short girl with biig tights isn't much of a sex symbol either. If you're short (like I am), you try to keep yourself cute by being small overall


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


amazing. I must bow down to this poetry.


Brilliant♡<br>also, you're beautiful Dodie c:

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 ^-^<br>so beautiful!

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


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

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 spoke to me and i highly enjoyed it thank you


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


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 the best flippin' thing i have listened to. Please do more videos on this subject<br>. Please.

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


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 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


Helen Anderson .. sorry... you're*.... I can't help it lol

Yes dont worry how "big you are" or if ur a skeleton just be urself


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