Lily_Allen.JPGI didn’t always heart Lily.

In fact, she used to make me mad. For sure, she’s super talented and I totally dig her style, but I don’t love girls who bad-mouth other girls, that sucks.

But last week, I read this over at Lily’s myspace:

“…I used to pride myself on being strong minded and not being some stupid girl obsessed with the way I look. I felt like it didn’t matter if I was a bit chubby, cause I’m not a model, I’m a singer. I’m afraid I am not strong and have fallen victim to the evil machine. I write to you in a sea of tears from my hotel bed in Seattle, I have spent the past hour researching gastric bypass surgery, and laser lipo suction…”

That made me sad.

No one should hate on their sweet self. But we do.

We compare ourselves to the Eva Satine’s of this world and think that because they’ve got long legs, blonde hair, get A’s in all their tests or wear the so-called cool labels, that makes them better than us, and we then beat ourselves up about it. How sucksville is that?

Or we flick through the pages of a magazine and wish we looked like the celeb girls on every page, except those celeb girls don’t even look like themselves half the time, they have A LOT of help. They have a whole team of stylists and make-up artists AND there’s photoshop, a ‘puter programme that can nip in waists, slim down thighs and airbrush out any spots or blemishes. How can us real girls compete with that?

The answer? We can’t and most importantly we shouldn’t even try - we’re fabulous just as we are. Fact.

If you’ve got a case of the Lily’s, you need to get your hands on Beauty*Licious, the next installment in the Lola Love series, it has everything you need to know about how to stay happy and healthy without having to resort to fad diets or unhealthy eating regimes. You can pre-order it at amazon here, which means you’ll get it through your letter box before everyone else, if not, it’ll be hitting the book shelves on June 4th - woopla!

The next day, Lily posted this:

“…I’m sorry if I worried anyone with the blog I wrote yesterday. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself, I’ve been reading all your comments and they have made me realise there is more to life than being thin! So thank you. I think I was just having a hard time last week. I was feeling pretty low and as well as that, some of you might know I launched my clothing line for New Look last Tuesday, and seeing my picture in so many newspapers next to kate moss, made me feel grotesque momentarily. I know its a silly way to feel and I am incredibly proud of myself and my achievements over the past year, there are so many good things about my life. I really am incredibly lucky. I guess it shows how much of an effect the media can have on us young ladies. Usually I ignore these things, but in my heightened emotional state I let them get the better of me. My mum has come out here to keep me company and I feel much better now , I sha’nt be getting any surgery, instead I will be eating lots of bread and pasta and thinking about what to write about for the next album. I really am touched and was quite surprised at the reaction the blog received and it definitely has restored my faith in humanity…”

And that’s why I now heart Lily, because she’s real. She gets an attack of the glumsvilles, just like we all do from time to time, but like any good pink thinkin’ girl should, she shouted ’bout it, she gave herself a reality check, saw how great she was and is now celebrating her sweet self.

Lily, you rule.