Not believing that anyone loving you would be a joke and impossible.
Since I was a little, me being “loved” was the butt of every joke. “So and so likes you.” Of course they don’t, why would they. Look how gross and fat I am, I get it already… Whenever anyone of the opposite sex looks at me, I just feel like they’re so disgusted, so why bother…
Thin privilege is being told that you can love and be loved in return.
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(via bigfatfeminist)
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(via shakethecobwebs)
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It was my birthday last week and this is what I wore for my purple themed tea party :D
(via heyfatchick)
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In honor of getting linked by some fat hating reddit snowflakes, I figure I should post the last of my FATSPO portraits just to upset them.
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Many of you have probably heard of the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch’s controversial and flat out rude comments that the company doesn’t sell XL or XXL sizes for women because they want “cool” people to wear their clothes. Well, this blogger wrote an open letter to Jeffries and included these photos of herself and what is considered a “typical” male model body type.
Some quotes from her letter:
“The only thing you’ve done through your comments (about thin being beautiful and only offering XL and XXL in your stores for men) is reinforce the unoriginal concept that fat women are social failures, valueless, and undesirable.”
“This is largely attributed to companies like yours that perpetuate the thought that fat women are not beautiful. This is inaccurate, but if someone were to look through your infamous catalog, they wouldn’t believe me.”
“P.P.S. You should know your Large t-shirt comfortably fits a size 22. You might want to work on that.”
This has to do with fashion, though perhaps not in the way this blog has so far posted. But this sort of confidence is the sort of thing that we want our choices in clothes to reflect. You should be able to wear whatever you want and feel confident - no matter what other people may say or think.
(via riotingfeminist)
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It shouldn’t have to be said but apparently it has to be said a thousand times over: Weighing X weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, or attractive, or “better.” Changing your relationship to food in a positive way — eating more of what’s good for you and less of what’s bad, may actually mean that you lose no weight at all. For some people, gaining weight could actually signal better health, particularly with disordered eating. There is no magic number for anyone, there is a range, and even within that range there are exceptions. Paying attention to some perfect goal weight, at which point you imagine yourself to no longer have problems or somehow transcend the issues you faced with 20 more pounds is a complete and utter illusion. And a waste of time. And probably really about something else.
— Tracy Moore, Jezebel.com (via loving-him-was-burning-red)(via lifeasa-fatgirl)
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Trying a different illustration style.
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Drawing people and watching a documentary about early human species.
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Thin Privilege is…
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New outfit post up on A rose like this where you can check me out in a crop top and breaking my own and old wardrobe boundaries! :)
(via lovely-lace-and-fishnets)
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I am absolutely in LOVE with this fatkini from Lane Bryant!!! I was out dorking around in it today and it’s super comfy and, as you can see, SUPER freaking cute!
SO CUTE!
(via fatgirlposing)
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Our very own Amanda Levitt (RBI mod and blogger at http://www.fatbodypolitics.com) was a part of this HuffPost LIVE segment: Fat Stigma Starts Young.
Other notable contributors include Jenn Levya (http://fatsmartandpretty.com) and Rebecca Golden (http://butterbabe.blogspot.com), who speak authentically and with immense knowledge while combating comments like “oh but racism isn’t a thing anymore” and “oh but you HAVE to lose weight to be healthy”.
I’m also super impressed with the host Alicia Menendez for keeping everyone on-topic and providing a space for such important discourse. Brilliant.
Seriously, WATCH IT.
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Nicole Byer
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FatAnarchy and I want to make another video for you lovely fatties..
But we want to know what YOU want to hear about. So please, do us a favor and inbox us some questions, concerns, debates, or other topics you would like us to discuss. C’mon.. you know you want to! It can be about fat acceptance, fat activism, our personal journeys, fat shaming, feminism, thin privilege, anything you’d like to hear us pontificate on.
Inbox us ASAP so we can get this show on the road!
Thanks in advance, my lovelies!
