Sagging boobs? So what. This activist and author is staying positive about her body and saying "bye-bye" to her bra. Special thanks to The Slumflower Jnr.
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00:00I don't own anyone a bra, and even if I choose to wear a bra, it's not because I'm being forced to, it's purely for aesthetic purposes.
00:18We're taught that if your beliefs are saggy, then it means you're unattractive, which means you're undesirable,
00:23which apparently means that you're less deserving of love, or deserving of no love at all.
00:27And I just want to flip that belief on its head and encourage people to understand that women don't exist to be consumed.
00:41This hashtag of Saggy Boobs Matter isn't necessarily a real boob vs. fake boob or no bra vs. bra on story,
00:50it's more about women just having full autonomy over their bodies and being in a position to choose,
00:56and not being judged as better or worse people for the presence or absence of a bra.
01:07Saggy boobs can affect anybody who has boobs, regardless of your height, race, size, shape,
01:14so it allows the conversation to be more than just about your weight or your general body,
01:20and just focusing on a particular part of the body that is hyper-sexualised and hyper-shamed at the same time.
01:32Sadly, I have received loads of hate and mean criticism from people who want to be cynical about it,
01:38and say things like, you're just bitter, you have ugly boobs, you should put them away, you should hide them in a bra,
01:45but for me that hasn't stopped me because that's the moral reason why we have to have a conversation about why saggy boobs matter.
01:55Saggy boobs just aren't represented enough or properly in media.
01:59The movement has encouraged them to not attend plastic surgery consultations that they were going to,
02:05because they feel like people like me who have saggy boobs and are still stylish and still happy and still beautiful,
02:11get to carry on living full lives without having to adhere to really disgusting body standards.