Say Yes To Being You

It's been a couple of months since artist Meghan Trainor released the song "All About That Bass". Pretty much, she's singing about how she's happy how she is and doesn't want to be a stick figure, and shouldn't have to be a stick figure to be happy.

It got me thinking that we really need more artists like this in our world.

A world where magazines literally have to have "No photoshop" stamps on their pages so that we know that the girls that we're seeing actually look like that in real life.

A world where size 0 (probably about an Australian 4) is fast becoming "too fat" and size 4 and up is just obscene.

Well you know what? That world is ridiculous and society needs to take a step back.

We all know that the media is a huge part of the problem, and, as an aspiring journalist, I am hoping that I will never contribute to body bashing.

Women all over the world, myself included at times, have looked in the mirror countless times and measured our waists, wondering what it would take to get thinner and achieve the seemingly untaintable 'perfection' thrust at us every day by the internet, TV and magazines.

But you know what girls? It is unatainable. We literally all have different genes, and for some of us, it won't be possible to be a 6 foot model with a 21 inch waist and thigh gap. If you are, then awesome! If you're not, awesome! Everyone is different and that's perfectly okay. Meghan Trainor sings in the song "No I won't be no stick figure silicon Barbie doll, so if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along".

I'm glad that someone's got the right idea. I mean, we've had a couple of amazing female role models (think more along the lines of Beyonce than the Kardashians), but guys are also taught to expect an unrealistic version of girls through their magazines, TV and internet.

Who cares though?

Life should be about more than just looks. We've heard it a million times before - "you need to get a guy to fall in love with your personality and your looks".

I've definitely been guilty of the staring into the mirror and googling fad diets to find out if they actually work. However, recently I've realised that I don't need to and I really need to stop. I should be happy with how I am, and as long as I stay healthy and look good enough to impress myself, that's all there is to it.

It's songs like "All About That Bass" that we need more of.

Instead of hashtags like #thinspo, let's use hashtags like #fitspo. Instead of thinking that we should eat less, think that we should eat more of foods which will make us feel good about ourselves, and I don't mean chocolate. Think foods like fruits, veggies and superfoods.

One of the lyrics is "every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top" and I think that more girls need to realise this. We only live once, and we may as well not spend our lives trying to live in an unachievable photoshopped world.

Let's just live in the real world, where everyone is different and perfect in their own way.

Idina Menzel is Adele Dazeem

Noone predicted what could have happened after the Oscars. Of course, there was the sadness from fans around the world after Leo Di Caprio failed, yet again, to receive an Oscar. And there was the selfie which broke Twitter created by Ellen Degeneres and her accomplices.

However, I think an outstanding moment from the 2014 Oscars was when John Travolta announced Broadway star, and voice of Elsa in Frozen as Adele Dazeem. For some of you, you may be asking: 'Well, isn't that her name? If he said it, it must be right...right?' The answer, I'm afraid, is no. Her name is not Adele Dazeem, it is Idina Menzel. 

So, someone on the internet created an app which 'Travoltifies' your name. As you do.

To do to your name what John Travolta did to Idina Menzel, click HERE!

Dear Justin Bieber

Dear Justin Bieber,

First off, let me say, I am not a Belieber. No, I don't HATE your music. It's more that fact that I don't believe I fit the key demographic which makes up this fanbase. What demographic is that? It is one made up of teenage girls who have literally shed every single one of their brain cells in order to take to Twitter this week as keyboard warriors and tweet enough times for the hashtag #WeWillAlwaysSupportYouJustin to become a trending topic...worldwide.

Up until about a year ago, I literally had no problem with you. Much like the rest of the world, we found your fanbase quite annoying, but we respected you due to the fact that you had grown from nothing to become one of the biggest names in the music industry worldwide.

But Justin, it's gone too far. In your movie, you portrayed yourself as some sweet, innocent teenager who was all about the fans. Where did this boy go? You trash hotel rooms, spray paint graffiti and spit on fans. Despite being only 19, you regularly consume alcohol and drugs in the USA. Last week was the turning point. Up until now, the world was still tolerating you. But enough is enough.

You drag raced in a HIRED car whilst under the influence of alcohol (yes, I know it wasn't over the legal limit for minors...but you are a MINOR...it's illegal!) and drugs, like marijuana and Xanax. You could have hurt someone! Why didn't you think more about this when you were first pulled over, and again when you smiled for mug shots. Seriously, who smiles for a mug shot? You're in trouble, and you'd be best to realise that before you seriously hurt someone.

As for the allegations that you're suffering from depression and that's the reason why you were taking some of the drugs: If you are suffering from depression, I am truly sorry that you have to go through that. However, it does not make driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol excusable. If I, or anyone else who was not a big name celebrity were to do this, we would face extreme fines and harsh penalties which would probably include jail time. We also mustn't forget the fact that you were driving on an expired licence.

Either way, the penalties weren't harsh enough. Think about what would have happened if you'd killed or seriously injured someone. Maybe then you would have actually taken the police and mug shots seriously.

But from the rest of the world who aren't Beliebers...Justin, please stop. It's time to grow up. You need to face the consequences or there will be worse ones to come, because the justice system won't go so easy on you a second time. Please. It's time.