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Ladies (and gentleman)… You need to read this and re-blog your thoughts on it!
From the article:
Like giving nonwhite models a fair shot at landing runway shows, ad campaigns, and editorials, casting plus-size models shouldn’t be so out there that it becomes an item to ooh and ahh over in “Page Six.” After all, plus-size models are really just normal-size people deemed “plus” by fashion’s extreme standards[…]
When magazines devote entire issues to that thing that they’ve shunned, it has the effect of tokenizing it. Look at the issue Italian Vogue devoted to black models. It was fantastic, but what then? Did the magazine incorporate new ideals into editorial concepts moving forward? V is a very different sort of magazine from Glamour. You won’t find life advice in there about boyfriends and destressing and loving yourself and having great sex all at the same time. You find terrific pictures of the trendiest models wearing (or sometimes not) the trendiest clothes out there. And the January issue sounds like just that: a trend.
Ouch.
This may be a little harsh, but:
Overweight girls shouldn’t take pictures in tighter clothing, for example: leggings. All it causes is them to get teased behind their back, and unattracts many people.
Agreed. That’s why I don’t wear super tight clothes. My pants are tight most of the time, but not skin tight.
I am so glad you two are my friends. This is really true and makes so much sense. Honestly, when in doubt don’t wear it out.
EXACTLY.
Hmm. Too bad some overweight girls can look seemingly attractive in tighter clothing. I know I’m not about to hide the body that I love simply to cease others’ negative attitudes towards me. People will always find a reason to hate. They will always find something to attack. And, since they will always do so… I’m going to always do what I feel like doing. Whether or not it be wearing tight clothing, or perhaps wearing Nothing at all. I will love myself regardless of your negative attitude. That is all.
That’s really true. Wear whatever you want. Haters will hate, no matter what. It’s called being insecure. If people want to find a reason to make fun of you, they’ll find a reason to make fun of you. Love your body the way you want, don’t hide it if you want to show it. If you feel like you look good, wear it with pride.
I’m 18 and I’ve always been fat. Sometimes I hate myself and sometimes I love myself. Recently it has been the worse of the two, eating only once a day, but hopefully sometime soon I can finally get over it and start loving myself again.
Just work out a lot and I don’t mean rigorous running schedules, I mean walk instead of drive take you pets for walk (if you have any).
OR
Apples with peanut butter instead of chips. The little things add up. Get as much excersise in your day as possible.
I saw this reblog last night, but I didn’t have the energy to write what I really thought about it. I’m going to use this reblog as an example of shit that fat people deal with all the damn time.
So the original poster (OP) states that she is fat, that she has always been fat, and that she struggles with loving her body. I’m sure more than a few of my followers can relate. Then the reblogger (RB) steps in with what she thinks is helpful advice. Exercise and eat right.
Here’s my problem: RB’s advice? It sucks. It sucks big time.
People - friends, family members, strangers on the internet - have the best of intentions when they offer this ‘Exercise and eat right’ advice to fatties. The thing is that this implies that the fatty in question doesn’t know how to take care of their own body. Walk more? Eat apple and peanut butter (which sounds like the most revolting food combo ever to me, but I digress) instead of chips? This assumes that OP is largely sedentary and stuffs her face with junk food. It’s presumptuous and I find it quite rude. When a person identifies as fat, they are using the word as an adjective - the word does not describe their eating or exercise habits.
It also assumes that OP will only love her body if she loses weight through exercise and eating right. To begin with, if OP has been fat her whole life, like she says, then exercise and eating right is unlikely to have any impact on her body shape. It’s quite probable that this body is the body that she is meant to have. More importantly, OP should not feel compelled to change herself before she is worthy of her own love.
If someone comes out and says that they struggle with body image, don’t tell them how to lose weight. At best it’s patronising; at worst it’s offensive. Instead, tell them they’re perfect now, just as they are. Tell them until they believe it.
well said!!!
For me, though, the winter holidays always mean one thing: A growing tide of articles guilting people about food, which crests in the few days before Christmas, and then subsides again, only to bubble up again in late October of the following year. It starts with a vague headline in the New York Times Health section, and it only goes downhill from there, getting bolder and bolder and bolder until I fear navigating to any website because I’m afraid of what I will see.
You know the sort of thing I’m talking about. “How to enjoy the holidays, without gaining weight!” “Low calorie potluck ideas” “10 rules to keep your waistline trim this holiday season!” “Eat like the stars/French and fit into your New Year’s gown!” “How to avoid the danger zones at holiday potlucks!”
These articles are aimed almost entirely at women, and they are based on a number of assumptions which irritate the pants right off me. They’re all part of this industrial complex which spends rather a lot of time telling women what to do and how to do it, and reminding them that if they don’t, they will be disgusting and unlovable and possibly fat. They’re also all aimed at reminding women that they don’t know their own bodies or their own minds, that they require guidance because they are clearly too stupid to know how to care for themselves. (And, of course, forcing your body to become thin when it does not want to be is “caring for yourself,” because being fat is a sign that you don’t take care of yourself, right?)
"[Young Adult] fiction often positions fat as shorthand for countless negative qualities the writer is too unmotivated to develop – like presenting bullies as fat kids, which reinforces fatness as something sinister and deserving of scorn – or as the genesis of a butterfly story, which reinforces fat as a quality one must jettison to uncover the true self (which naturally is thin and beautiful)."
The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
From the ice-age to the dole-age
There is but one concern
I have just discovered :
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl’s mothers are bigger than
Other girl’s mothers
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl’s mothers are bigger than
Other girl’s mothers
As Anthony said to Cleopatra
As he opened a crate of ale :
Oh, I say :
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl’s mothers are bigger than
Other girl’s mothers
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl’s mothers are bigger than
Other girl’s mothers
Send me the pillow …
The one that you dream on …
Send me the pillow …
The one that you dream on …
And I’ll send you mine
Thick girls > Skinny girls
ronn:
Just saying.
This is why I love you.
<3
yes :)
womp womp i guess i lose. lol
Again with the lies on tumblr?
ATTENTION FAT GIRLS, FATTY LOVERS, YOU WILL NEVER WIN THIS WAR MY SMALL FIRM BOTTOM>YOUR COTTAGE CHEESE, “THICK” MONSTER BOOTY.
Hehe “Monster Booty.”
cottage cheese reblog
:( Can’t we all just be wonderful no matter what our size and stop comparing body sizes? Thick girls = skinny girls? Thin girls are just as beautiful as thick girls, and thick girls are just as beautiful as thin girls? I’m a big girl but I would never proclaim myself to be better or more beautiful than a small girl since that is just as bad as calling a fat girl ugly or something. Body discrimination is body discrimination.
Though maybe now I should go wallow in body hatred since my “cottage cheese, “thick” monster booty” will never be as good as having a firm ass. But thanks for throwing around the insults.
I hate the world sometimes…
This is one of the reasons why I’m angry. WHO THE FUCK CARES?!
THE POINT is to be healthy, to FEEL good in your body, not LOOK good. A feeling lasts longer than a look does, which is fleeting and always out of your grasp.
Also, think about the things we could be doing instead of fighting this fucking war against each other that someone else created. SERIOUSLY. Fuuuck.
The beautiful body of sioslut.tumblr.com
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(C) Elizabeth Sterling
About body image/being overweight/etc...
I’ve spent the majority of my life being “overweight.” I know what it’s like to be told “You’re getting fat”, “You need to lose weight”, “I like you, you’re really pretty, but you’re just too chubby for me to date”, “I don’t really date bigger girls, but we can fuck if you want to” … etc. I’ve too have heard it all.
I’m 5’8” and currently I weigh around 150 pounds. (I’ve been taking the correct steps to better my body, because I realize that yes, I am beautiful in my skin now, but I can be more beautiful if I’m more fit. It’s also unhealthy.) I wear a size 12. I’m by no means a small girl, but I’m not sloppy either. I don’t have rolls when I stand up. I don’t have a trip chin. I don’t have thunder thighs. I’m solid, but I’m also working on bettering my self image for actual health reasons, not because “I hate my body” and “I want to make a statement.” Sometimes, your statements aren’t attractive, and I’m sorry but I need to say it.
I think the media is 100% wrong on portraying that women above a size 5 aren’t beautiful, but I also think it’s wrong that there are women trying to start a movement saying that being a very large plus size is beautiful and healthy. It isn’t. You can’t tell me that you can walk up a flight of stairs with ease, because you can’t. Yes, you are beautiful but you’re unhealthy.
There comes a point where you are too big and it isn’t beautiful. Find the happy median.
So women, here is my plea and please, take it to heart:
Stop hating your body for the wrong reasons and start loving them for the right reasons. Appreciate bodies of all sizes, but don’t be unhealthy about it. Put the cheeseburger down and have a salad. Instead of parking right by the door, make it so you have to walk, take your dog for a walk, go for a bike ride - anything. GET OUT and get yourself some endorphins. Not only will you be bettering your health but you’ll feel better and you’ll live longer.
I’m 5’8” too, but I currently weight 96kg/211 pounds. My back has rolls when I stand up. I have thunder thighs (though I should point out that my body shape means I’ll have thunder thighs no matter what I weigh). Not only that, I have a pot belly, I have a butt like a table and I have stretchmarks all over my hips and inner thighs. I’m also one of those “women trying to start a movement saying that being a very large plus size is beautiful and healthy.” (Which you’d know because you’re following me, so I’m pretty surprised that you disagree with what I do.)
nakedbones, please read this - Health at Every Size: Choice or Coercion? Pay particular attention to this quote: “Is it possible that she maintained a weight that was above her own healthiest weight? YES. Does this mean that anyone else maintaining the same weight and body composition at similar height, age, and gender is also above their healthiest weight? NO.”
If you want to lose weight for your health, fine. That’s your prerogative and you know what’s best for your body. But that doesn’t mean you can dictate what’s best for every other fat person. You cannot know a person’s eating or exercise habits merely by looking at them. Me? I hate stairs and inclines. They’re my mortal enemy. But I’m a shit-hot dancer and could reggaeton the hell out of you.
You beseech women to stop hating their bodies, but flat out say that if they’re ‘very large’ they’re not beautiful. That’s the same old bullshit fat people hear all the time.
Readers, please take this to heart instead: YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. If your body changes, you will still be beautiful. Eat whatever you want. It’s your body.
"I feel like in order to be accepted into the throngs of people wanting to love themselves I need to go through my blog and delete any talk of eating healthier, and trying to lose some weight. I want to be an advocate of body image acceptance, fat acceptance, and self love, but I feel like since I want to lose some of the weight I carry… I am not a real fat acceptance advocate."
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One Body to Love: Feeling a little threatened.
Please don’t feel that. I blog about fat acceptance because I want to expose people to other body types, because I want to humanize fat people, because I want to point out inconsistencies in people’s arguments about fat people. Other people (including you) blog because of other reasons. Don’t stop because you feel that you don’t live up to some standard.
And being healthy is not incompatible with being fat and loving your body
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