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Here's a post I've been wanting to make at least since last week... I've been having a weird psychological issue lately with this stupid phrase I've never heard before. Junk in the trunk. I heard it once when someone was joking about places to hide a little fat, and I blinked and thought it was a weird thing to say. Then I heard it a second time from [livejournal.com profile] bluechromis, who was saying something positive and friendly about it, and somehow after that it got in my head and I have encountered it further in talking about it. Ugh... I don't like it at all... it makes me want to be thin, really thin, rail thin, ana-is-my-best-friend thin, no junk anywhere thin. It is soooo triggering.

All of which is bad, because I know it's meant to be a positive phrase, and I don't want to be so unaccepting of myself and others. But god, that phrase is such a trigger for my unacceptance. 'Junk' just doesn't mean anything good to me--I can't think of a single context where I've said that word in a positive way. The last thing I want is junk sticking to me where I can't get rid of it. Especially because, absent this phrase from my head, I feel just fine about my body.

So. Anyone know of a counter-mantra?

Date: 2005-02-08 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apfelsingail.livejournal.com
Wow, that's amazingly obnoxious. I'm so glad I hadn't run into it before.

Possible counter-mantra: "I'm a SUPERstar and cooler than Madonna!!"

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