Being Beautiful

Excuse me while I get on a soap box for a few minutes...
There's a song out by Meghan Trainor called "All About That Bass" and I happen to love it.  As a girl who has a hard time losing her love handles and thunder thighs, the first time I heard this song it made me really happy.  My interpretation of it: she doesn't care if anybody else approves of her size or not she's going to be confident in herself and not care if some boys don't find her attractive because some will.  I read an article where the song was criticized for still being "all about boys finding you beautiful and that's what makes you so".  Let's be clear: why do girls try to be attractive?  Some because they just want to look good, so look good and be confident with what you look like.  But at some point in every girls life we try to be attractive TO ATTRACT A GUY!! (someone they're attracted to - I said guy because the article did)  I get it, to an extent we should be able to look like we just rolled out of bed and still have guys falling at our feet, but at the same time - what's wrong with putting a little effort into trying to get the one we want???  In this day of getting everything you want on a silver platter with little to no effort involved we seem to put aside the idea of going the extra mile for the one you care about.  What are you doing for them that shows that you want them? Asking them to buy you a pumpkin spice latte?  You need that new pair of sunglasses because they're sooooooooo cute?  We expect the guys to do all the work while we do nothing.  How is that fair?  Show a little appreciation and thanks for all they do and be somebody they'd be proud to be with.  That all being said - why does beauty have to be your physical appearance?  Just like this song: be confident in who you are!!  If you are confident in how you look, dress, etc., just rock it!  So what if some guys don't like it?  So what if you're not a size 2, do you really want a guy to be with you based on the size pants you wear?  So what if you are a size 2, do you really want a guy to be with you based on the size pants you wear?  Short, tall, skinny, chunky, just be confident, be happy.  You're never going to please everybody over anything, much less the way you look, so get to a point that you're happy, whether you're super skinny, or you've got a little more body to love on, and be confident in it.  Confidence, brains, happiness, laughter, not being shallow, these things are what make us girls beautiful, not our body.  Personally, I would love to lose some weight, I think I'd be a lot healthier then, and while my boyfriend is 100% behind me being healthy, he constantly is making sure I'm not wanting to lose weight to be "more attractive" because he would leave me if I ever did that.  That's the kind of guy I want, one who supports healthy habits/wishes, but discourages me from focusing on superficial things.  He wants me happy and confident because that's what makes me so attractive to him.  Personally, I still think her song rocks, and I stand behind it 100%.  Rock on Meghan.  Be happy girls.
Ok, off my soap box now.