A Rant on Self Esteem: Must We Always Love Everything About Ourselves?

If you haven’t heard, Facebook has removed its “feeling fat” emoticon this week, apparently in response to online petition that gathered 16,000 signatures. The petition’s author, 24 year-old student Catherine Weingarten, posted a message to EndangeredBodies.org that stated, in part:

“I’m thrilled that (Facebook) decided to remove the ‘feeling fat’ emoji…. I feel so happy that I’ve helped eliminate one form of body shaming hatred on the internet.”

Now, I’m not a big fan of body shaming – or fat …