Arabella Weir

Sending your child off to school for the first time in their life is terrifying. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#first #first time #life #off #school

Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#being #bring #else #girl #might

Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#dieting #even #ever #extremely #fat

Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#building #developed #diet #different #eventually

Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim? ↗

— Arabella Weir

#aim #form #goal #once #success

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#charted #crushing #frequently #just #life

The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#eat #got #likes #may #me

There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#inherent #kindness #know #school #state

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#alongside #appreciate #cultures #different #different cultures

When not eating, I like shopping; although I'm afraid I've become a bit of a cliche. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#although #become #bit #cliche #eating