Sjana Earp (better known as @SjanaElise on Insta) is best known for posting photos of herself doing insane yoga poses, traveling the world, and sunbathing while looking gorgeous.
And while she has boatloads of fans — 1.1 millions followers and counting — she also gets some not-so-nice comments from evil humans who critique her for being too skinny or ugly or worse.
Here's what she has to say about people who constantly criticize her. Watch, and remember that people of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to — and hurt by — body shaming.
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I'm so much more than a body. I know that. I'm not defined by numbers or by other people's opinions of me. And the body I have — as imperfect or as skinny or as gross as people may think it is — is my imperfect body. And I'm happy with it the despite their irrelevant opinions. I have never and I will never suggest that people should aspire to have my body. In fact, it's the opposite. We don't look at a landscape and criticize the shape of a valley or the size of a mountain, do we? So why are we so quick to judge other natural things like the human figure? You're a soul with a body, not a body with a soul.
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Elizabeth Narins is a Brooklyn, NY-based writer and a former senior editor at Cosmopolitan.com, where she wrote about fitness, health, and more. Follow her at @ejnarins.
