Woman rebuffs body shamers who turned her crop top Instagram into a meme

Rachel Thompson
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When you post a cute photo of yourself on Instagram, the last thing you'd want is for it to turn into a meme. Especially a mean one. 

But that's the reality a plus-size blogger was confronted with after a photo of her in a crop top was appropriated as a meme. 

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The meme featured a photo of Instagram blogger Noonie_Regardless posing in a crop top alongside the words, "Leave the bralette & crop top wearing to us skinny girls." 

Noonie's original post featured a long caption about how she's learned to love her body. "If you're struggling with loving your self step back and point out the things you love about yourself and start accepting you as a person," wrote Noonie. "Remember self love is the best love."

Growing up I use to be the skinniest. I ate so much but never would gain weight. All I would hear was, " she eats like crazy but her food goes no where." As I enter 2nd grade I began to get bigger and when I say big I mean big. I was already wearing a size XL in shirts and 20 in women pants. I use to hate myself for how I looked. I always would get made fun of even though I was the sweetest to any and everyone. I never judged people, I loved and accepted everyone for who they where as a person. I was put on diet pills, had a watch that told how many steps I took to help me keep track of me working out. I then feel in love with volleyball and it helped me a lot with loosing weight. As I got older I began to love myself more and more until I seen on social media how the IG famous girls looked so small and beautiful or thick and beautiful and then there was me. I had no big boobs to show, no big butt to show all I had was thighs and hips. My stomach still was over flowed and I wanted to look like the girls on IG. So I started drinking detox teas like they were and working out like they were and I thought to myself months later. Why are you trying to be someone you're not, why can't you accept who you are and love you. I finally found myself and I love who I have became. Yes I still eat unhealthy foods but I also eat healthy foods. I don't eat out of control as much as I use to. Moral of the story is if you're struggling with loving you're self step back and point out the things you love about yourself and start accepting you as a person. Is it easy? FUCK NO! But I promise you once you love who you are and accept who you are you will feel like the baddest bitch walking and not a negative goblin can stop you 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 Remember self love is the best love #confidence #plussize #viral #shaderoom #bodypositive #bodyposi #beyourself

A post shared by ¥ N O O N I E ¥ 🏄🏾‍♀️ (@noonie_regardless) on Aug 1, 2017 at 6:24pm PDT

After discovering the meme, Noonie re-grammed the meme and posted her response to the body shamers who posted it. 

No I don't have the flat stomach to flex in a crop top/bralette but I have a muffin top to do so. I don't know why people still body shame at this point. It's quit pointless if you ask me. It's just like making a fake profile to be someone you're not. You don't have to be skinny to rock a crop top or bralette. To my ladies with stomached wear whatever the hell you want and make every feel uncomfortable 🤞🏾💪🏾 As women we have to learn to build each other up instead of trying to break each other down. #stopbodyshaming

A post shared by ¥ N O O N I E ¥ 🏄🏾‍♀️ (@noonie_regardless) on Aug 4, 2017 at 8:15pm PDT

"No I don't have the flat stomach to flex in a crop top/bralette but I have a muffin top to do so," wrote Noonie. 

She said she didn't understand why "people still body shame" because it's "quite pointless."

"You don't have to be skinny to rock a crop top or bralette," she added. 

She said "ladies with stomachs" should wear whatever "the hell you want." 

"As women we have to learn to build each other up instead of trying to break each other down," she added. 

Preach! 

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