We may have come a long way towards body positivity in recent years, but social media still plays a big role in increasing visibility for things we don't talk about enough.
Blogger and body-positive activist Kenzie Brennan posted a photo of herself on Instagram on Tuesday, sharing how she came to love the loose skin that came after her weight loss. Though Brennan admits that she had considered surgery to tighten her skin, she was inspired by the rest of the Instagram community to embrace her body.
"This is apart of me I'm not changing," she wrote. "I don't blame others for going through [surgery], it's just not something that I can do."
Brennan explained that through the hashtag #embracethesquish, she was able to connect with other people on Instagram who have helped her accept the part of her body that used to be insecure about.
"There's nothinggggg to be ashamed of," she wrote. "A body part that doesn't look like the body parts you've seen PLASTERED in the media, doesn't make it wrong."
But Brennan also acknowledges that embracing your body as is, however, can often be easier said than done — but it's still important.
"Yes there will be moments where you're not fucking good at accepting yourself," she wrote to her followers. "And you'll truck through all of them, just like you have with the last x amount of years of yourself."
While body positivity is undoubtedly important, it's also a journey, and it's refreshing to see someone acknowledge that it doesn't always come naturally. And that's okay, as long as we keep working to towards lifting ourselves — and each other — up.