#WeartheShorts is the name of the hashtag campaign that every woman should follow this summer. Let's finally wear shorts – and no longer hide our legs!
"I can't wear that."
"The pants are too short for me."
"You can see my cellulite there."
"Shorts are not for my figure."
Stop! How many of the sentences have you found yourself in? We don't want to hear any of these excuses this year. Or say yourself. Because it is time to stand by our bodies, to show them and to accept them. Then the hashtag "'Weartheshorts" ("Wear the shorts") comes just right.
On Instagram, numerous photos of women in shorts are currently collecting under the hashtag. And there are more every day. They show a different picture than we are used to from the perfection platform: we get to see women of all sizes and shapes. With dents. With cellulite. In shorts.
Wear the damn shorts!
They all spread a message: wear the damn shorts! In addition, women tell their stories, which many of us might find familiar.
"I have been avoiding shorts since I was 16 because I was afraid that someone would say something negative about my legs. So I sat in the classroom wearing long jeans while the sun was burning outside," writes an Instagrammer, who added a photo of himself in shorts. To this day she feels a little uncomfortable with it – but she finally wants to show what is normal.
It is one of many. And yet each of the contributions is equally important – because it in turn animates other women. Dare to slip into the shorts that have been dusting up in the closet for years. And finally feel good.
"This summer we ask you to go out in your daisy dukes and rock what your mothers have given you – Bacon and buff, thick thighs, knobbly knees, cellulite, dents and everything!", body positivity influencer Danae Mercer animates her followers to the campaign.
"It's time to break the mental block around this tiny piece of clothing. So let's do it together!", she writes on Instagram.
We spent long enough sweating in long pants. Now is the time to finally take our thighs out a little! Who wants to join in?