ULA, 34

At 21 years of age, I've been to the doctors for a check-up. The doctor said to me, before I even entered, that I should stop following trends and reading magazines. But, why? What? Because I am young, skinny and wear trendy clothes? That must mean I'm obsessed, right? Obsessed with fashion, looks and mostly my weight. The way of communicating and the groundless judgemenet made me really angry. What if I really had problems? What if I really was sick? Maybe even anorexic, bulimic? Why can we all be so unique, so special – but can't accept one another? How can I – in a world full of etiquettes, judgements, standars – even breathe freely? How can I love my body with all the 'flaws'?

I am all women, sick of negative opinions of strangers. I am all women who manage to love themselves the way they are.

I am all women who have been dealing with other people's comments about their weight. 'The skinny girl' at ballet classes, 'thin as a rail' and a 'toothpick' in elementary school, 'Do you even eat?!' in high school and 'Oh, you're that skinny by nature?' today. Etiquettes I’ve been dealing with for my whole life. I was dreaming about a badass secret society of skinny ninjas, with whom I would fight for a feeling of freedom in our own skin, marching around our capital city with big banner, shouting ‘Stop, we’re totally fine’. But quite soon I realized I have to be fine with myself. I am the badass skinny ninja on the inside. It’s my body, my magical mechanism that enables me to BE - enables me to see, feel and live. That’s why I support #IAMALLWOMEN project. It turns the focus back on the inside. It celebrates all shapes and all stories. It celebrates life.