Living in a society that places undue pressure on people to attain the 'perfect' body prompts vivekisms to turn to food for comfort even as he continues to face rejection on dating apps on account of his weight. FoodIssue YouAreWhatYouEat NewIssue
, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh. Leigh was a star, according to me. She still is. The one line that drew me to this movie over and over again, and I watched it as many times as it aired on TCM , is: ‘…I have always depended on the kindness of strangers’ [said by Blanche at the end of the film]. It struck me deep and hard. I felt I could relate to it on so many levels, and I didn’t understand why or how, till I did.
I have tried them all — the ways to lose weight. Working out, the innumerable diets, the agonising nights when all I wanted to do was stuff my face and instead sipped on hot water. All for what? I needed the answer. For what? For whom? For myself? My health? Or because I wanted to get laid? Because we live in a world where waist size is of more importance than what’s in your heart and how you feel about a certain movie or book.
I don’t know when this vicious cycle will end. I guess it will end with me. When, as they say so easily, I learn to love myself. Trust me, if I knew how to, I would have by now and I wouldn’t need anyone else. Isn’t it? Isn’t that how it works? Or, by loving myself, will I send out signals to the universe and he will receive them and immediately come and get me?
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