Instagrammers reveal the difference between a posed body and a relaxed one

I stumbled across this great Hello Giggles post highlighting a trend in which body-positive Instagrammers reveal just how different their bodies look in posed vs. relaxed photos taken moments apart. The side-by-side photos serve as an important reminder of just how manufactured our culture’s idea of “perfection” is. As Bodyposipanda puts it, “We sure as hell don't need to compare ourselves to anybody's highlight reel, after all, the model in the magazine doesn't even look like the model in the magazine most of the time.” Some of my favorite photos are below and you can see the rest on Hello Giggles.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP29w0IA1OQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BROhx8IhqTK/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BRjESbuBmRI/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BPV9-cUA09D/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BR6dvNzBqdm/