This Woman Brilliantly Used A Pair Of Tights To Make A HUGE Point About Body Image

Photo side-by-sides are often used on Instagram to document weight loss or athletic progress. However, many body-positive advocates have been using them to post photos taken only minutes apart to show just how deceptive social media can be.

Body-positive advocate Milly Smith, also known as @selfloveclubb, posted photos of herself on Instagram on Sunday to make a point about unrealistic body standards. One of the photos shows Smith wearing her control-top tights high up around her waist, while the other shows her wearing the tights slung low on her hips, exposing her stomach.

"Same girl, same day, same time," she wrote in her caption. "Not a before and after. Not a weight loss transformation. Not a diet company promotion."

Same girl, same day, same time. 💛 Not a before and after. Not a weight loss transformation. Not a diet company promotion. 💛 I am comfortable with my body in both. Neither is more or less worthy. Neither makes me more or less of a human being. Neither invites degrading comments and neither invites sleezy words. 💛 We are so blinded to what a real unposed body looks like and blinded to what beauty is that people would find me less attractive within a 5 second pose switch! How insanely ridiculous is that!? 💛 I love taking these, it helps my mind so much with body dysmorphia and helps me rationalise my negative thoughts. 💛 Don't compare, just live for you. There is no one on this planet who's like you and that's pretty damn amazing don't ya think. The world doesn't need another copy, it needs you. 💛 We are worthy, valid and powerful beyond measure 💙🌟 (If you don't pull your tights up as high as possible are you really human?)

A photo posted by Milly Smith 💛🌻☀️👑 (@selfloveclubb) on Jan 29, 2017 at 10:45am PST

h/t Refinery29.com

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