A body is not a lifestyle

I saw this on Facebook earlier this week, and at first I dismissed it, but the more I think about it, the more pissed off I am.

As someone who deals in words, the caption on the picture is annoying because “lifestyle” is such a vague, loose term so as to mean nothing . As an average human who processes images with incredible speed, as well as possesses higher-level functions that analyze meaning, the picture is disturbing.

On the surface, it’s like, “Yeah, okay, that’s true. My body reflects th...