Body Positivity, Ageism and Humor
- Ana Satya
- 2 days ago
- 5 min read
Body Positivity, Ageism and Humor.
So I recently came across this video of this woman saying “I’m 59 years old and these are my legs” and I wanted to make a video about this.
This video I’m making is about body positivity and so it’s nothing but goodness about this video, but of course because the way that I’m, I couldn’t help it and my sense of humor got the best out of me, so I have to make this silly video next to her.
Ok so why did I did that? One, because I thought it was super funny and I had a lot of fun doing it. Two, because I believe that I’m a very confident person, and always rather choose sense of humor over insecurities, so when it comes to this video for example,
I have to tell you that when I came across this video, the first thing that I thought was WOW this woman look absolutely amazing for her age, and her legs are gorgeous!
I’ll never have legs like that, I’m petite and I’m more chubby when it comes to body types, so I will never have legs like that.
But when I see a woman with beautiful legs, with beautiful physique, a woman that shows that she loves herself and that she is very confident about herself, and she is proud of showing that, I love it. I love to see women that feels empowered, feel confident and love themselves. They portrait an image of confidence, happiness and loving themselves and I believe that’s contagious.
Now I have to tell you that the one thing that surprised me the most about this video, is the comments. I was windblown by the comments on her video, they’re so mean, so rude, they are so negative, and when I read comments like that the first thing that comes to my mind, is ok well, those comments comes out of jealousy, they come out of pure hatred, trolling online, just being negative and just pure mean.
And then you have the typical people always playing the ageism game, like oh my God you are 59 years old, you shouldn’t be doing that, you shouldn’t be showing your legs, you should not dress like that, that’s not empowering, you should be ashamed of yourself, and I’m like WTF!
Why does a woman that has passed a certain age whether it be 40, 50, even 60 I don’t care even 70 years old. If you look good, if you feel good, if you love yourself, if you are a confident woman, if you are happy with your life, then WTF are you not going to show that?
And why would you want to show that anyway?
Well for once because it makes you happy. Two, because it is your page and you post whatever you want and three, because why not? I mean, are we sending the message that only women below 30 can dress in a certain way? Can feel in a certain way and behave in a certain way?
Like, who made the guidelines for women on how to dress, how to feel, and what they can or cannot do? I don’t know about you, but I think that’s bullshit. I personally myself, I’m 53 years old and I feel better about myself than when I was in my 20’s and yes, I’m going through a lot of challenges right now. A lot of women in my age range are going through that, perimenopause, menopause, we gain weight, you start having wrinkles… it’s called aging! And I believe in aging gracefully, but sometimes aging gracefully might take a little bit of time because no matter how hard we try or we work out on ourselves, the weight doesn’t go away, or maybe we’re never going to have beautiful legs like that.
So instead of feeling bad or feeling hateful towards somebody else, because they look in a certain way that maybe you would like to look like that but you don’t, instead of seeing it with that point of view that is so negative and so toxic actually for oneself and to others, I personally prefer applying sense of humor. I personally prefer to be grateful about it and to look and focus on the positive aspects of it, not the negative aspects of it, like ok I have short legs and they are more chubby.
I’m never going to have slender long beautiful legs, ok well, I have legs and I’m happy because it could be much worst if I didn’t have them. Because then I couldn’t be able to play tennis, to do paddle boarding, or running around.
I wanted to make this video, once to tell this lady and ladies like this one, good for you! You look amazing, so keep going! And yes, genetics play a big part of that ok and I’m sure that she takes really good care of her diet, her lifestyle or she may do treatments that maybe she can afford and other people cannot, to help her look that way. Well, I think that is fantastic, good for you!
So keep going, keep putting those videos, keep feeling amazing, keep dancing, keep showing your legs and keep doing whatever the fuck you want to do, and to the people who is so negative and so hateful about women like that, how about you fuck off?! And if you don’t like something about her just keep moving.
So I wanted to make this video, because for once I had a lot of fun doing it and I even created a dress out of a potato sack. LOL
Those are the sacks that here at the farm are used to keep the potatoes and apples, so I wanted to make something fun and look as ridiculous as possible so I make that dress out of a potato sack, and of course you know, what is one way for your legs to look even more beautiful and shaped?
Wearing high heels, so I did exactly the opposite and I wore chancletas and put colored socks on top of it. LOL
Because I wanted to be fun, I wanted to have fun doing it and showing that look, I’m never going to have legs like that and it is OK.
We should love ourselves for who we are whether we are tall, short, we have beautiful slender legs or whether we have short chubby legs, at least you have legs right? So be grateful for it and love yourself regardless, love yourself.
Again, I just wanted to send a message of positiveness and to encourage women of any age but specially older women like myself, to stop giving two fucks about what people think, what people say, live your life, be happy, show up, enjoy life, enjoy yourself and keep going!
Thank you for being here and watching. I Hope you enjoyed the video and this blog post.
With All My Love
Ana Satya
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