“You need to eat more,” “You must love being skinny,” “You’re a stick” These were the responses I heard throughout my childhood growing up being under 100 pounds. I was small, I had no foreseeable curves at the time. Though I didn’t see a problem with my body, this slowly found itself to be true as I got deeper into my school years and consumed more of the media.  As a young Black woman, it can be difficult trying to navigate portraying your self confidence as everyone is tugging at you to act, speak, and dress a certain way. Especially as a teenager, I was just as impressionable as the next person. Society convinced me that my body type was not desirable (at least not as much as what it was in the 90’s and early 2000’s). Society said if I wanted to be with someone, or have others find me attractive, I had to gain some pounds.  I did EVERYTHING I thought I could to try to gain weight and get my “dream” body. From the protein shakes, to weight training, I was going nonstop. It even...