February 2011
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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is...”
– Audre Lorde
(things i need to remember)
BODY PEACE: The Ugly Truth About Beauty →
body-peace:
From a guy’s perspective. I found this really interesting and entertaining and in my opinion, he says a lot of things that are true too. It makes you wonder about your own beauty antics and what not. Have a read!
If you’re a man, at some point a woman will ask you how she looks.
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I actually found this kind of offensive and presumptuous.
This post is from a male’s...
Jamie's Rant
My better half Jamie (hyperopiacheart) has some very valid things to say regarding body/size/fat acceptance. I love him very much and he is the smartest man I know.
This is long as fuck, but worth the read.
My body is my home. I am its sole inhabitant, greatest critic and strongest supporter. For years I presumed that it’d be a better home if it was different. Modifications, additions,...
I like to play.
h-cue:
Playing with an idea.
Something that looks like perfection until you get closer and you realize it doesn’t exist.
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“I’m fat positive because your weight doesn’t have any necessary relationship to...”
– From a fantastic post “Why I’m Fat Positive” by You’re Welcome. (via sleepydumpling)
"I love my body because he loves my body."
I just read a post somewhere about a girl who was happy with her body because she finally found a man who thought she was sexually attractive. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy when women find some sort of peace with their bodies no matter where that happiness originates from. I’m just sad that in some cases, it has to do with being aesthetically pleasing for a man. To live up to...
Nutrition and privilege
newwavefeminism:
I really don’t understand why it’s so difficult to understand why those in poverty don’t make nutrition their first priority.
1) First of all, understanding about nutrition is a privilege in itself. These are things that have to be LEARNED, and TOUGHT by people actual nutritionists. Do you know what my high school made a priority? Making sure students are able to pass the...
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Fat Acceptance Story
My name is Melanie, last time I weighed myself the scales said I was 18 stone 11lbs. I wear a UK size 20/22 and shoe size 9 extra wide fit.
This past year I have discovered a community so inspiring that it has completely changed the way I see myself, and the way I see others. That community is something known as Fat Acceptance. I stumbled across it accidentally, and it actually came at exactly...
“When we think about commercials that offend us, we think of those that glorify...”
– Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, in an official statement concerning the controversy surrounding his company’s ostensibly insensitive Super Bowl ad. He goes on to say that the ad was meant as a knock at “the often trivial nature of stuff on Groupon when juxtaposed against bigger world issues.”
As the man...
To the women who, for the most part, enjoy the...
I know we all have our bad days, but I know you’re out there. Confident women do exist. If that applies to you, answer me this if you will…
(Answering via reblog would be best, I’d love if you could spread it around. Or submit?)
I know my own story, but I want to know yours. What was your journey to accepting yourself and your body? What do you wish you could have told yourself...
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There is No Obesity Epidemic →
marenge:
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ftmark:
In 1998, more than 30 million people became overweight. And guess what? It happened while they were sleeping.
That’s right. In June of 1998, the number of overweight people in America increased by 50 percent—overnight! How did this happen? Did they all go on a massive potato chip binge? No. In fact, not one of them had gained a pound. Instead,...
January 2011
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