May 2012
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from mszilla:
I came upon your blog about a week ago, in my never-ending quest for healthier lifestyle changes.
I’m hooked, and here’s why: I’m a big girl. Fat, fluffy, overweight, husky, hefty. And I’ve been killing myself with self-hatred and loathing for the past 20 years. I’m only 33, and after being told that my mother “never wanted a fat...
April 2012
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The thing about triggers is...
fromonesurvivortoanother:
…people are not suddenly more sensitive than they were before. They are just starting to get more vocal.
We’re talking people who have survived horrible, terrible things. In the past, there was no way for them to really talk about their experiences. There was this huge culture of silence and shame. The internet and post modern critique and the explosion of voices in...
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“No one should be punished for living in a body that fails to meet certain...”
– - The Sum of Our Parts: Jen Davis’ lap band and my selfish entitled disappointment, by Lesley at xojane
Dear fat acceptance community:
thechocolatebrigade:
brillianceofbone:
when I say that I don’t like the way a piece of clothing fits, fucking listen to me. You don’t have to agree with me or anything like that, but don’t you EVER fucking dare tell me anything along the lines of this:
“You’re falling into the trap that traditional media has set for us. If you don’t like the fit, then whatever! You’re just showing off your...
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“You don’t have to be Freud or even Freudian to understand that looking at our...”
– Mother May I? - by Dr. Deah
Very interesting read…
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Complicated Feelings About Weight Loss
TW: Weight loss and depression
loveisfluid:
I made a body image workshop that I run. I am a fat activist. I am happy with my body, and I became happy with it at my highest weight- 246lbs.
I’ve also lost almost thirty pounds since my engagement ended.
Now, I’m not depressed. Really. I’ve had the best breakup ever. My ex-partner and I really still are friends and my life is good. I do not feel...
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princess-katnip asked: I wanted your opinion on something I recently posted on my blog that I saw floating around. It's this graphic about fitspo and it's really body/fat shaming and my OWN personal response was very angry so IDK if I could post it to submit box. I want to send my response or at least the graphic I saw floating on tumblr and wanted to ask if this was okay somehow to get your opinion? Sorry...
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Fat-friendly/positive health care professionals... →
obsessionfull:
About to cry that I found this.
If Your Life Makes You Fat, Then Maybe You Should...
rinrinfantabulous:
isistiberiuscat:
another day, another stupid article about how something that happens to most people in everyday life is ZOMG MAKING YOU TEH FATZ. today, it was an article on one of the blogs i read (i forget which one) about how having a screwed-up sleep schedule can mess up your metabolism. ok. i think most people know that it’s not super healthy not to have a regular...
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[TW: rape, fat shaming]
lavender-labia:
sugaredvenom:
thefatgrackle:
sugaredvenom:
The discussion about fat people and rape NEVER HAPPENS ENOUGH. We’re getting raped all over the place because we’re ‘easy targets’ and then told we should be thankful??? I have not once, EVER seen a thin person mention this, even when talking about the intersectional nature of rape occurrence.
I thought my rapist loved me...
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yeah: tw: ableism, talk of mental illness,... →
icanttalkaboutit:
tw: ableism, talk of mental illness, depression
Today in my Intro to Psych class we started the unit on mental illness. I guess this is something that the class has been excited for. “This is the fun stuff,” said my professor. ”Just be careful not to diagnose your friends and peers!” This remark…
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Skellator Discrimination.
sugaryberrypuke:
redefiningbodyimage:
sugaryberrypuke:
secret-diary-of-an-fa:
So, I came across a post on this here Tumblr-site asserting that “a lot of big girls are hypocrites” and going onto ask why its not acceptable for thin people to tell fat people to lose weight but it is perceived as acceptable for fat people to tell thin people to gain weight. Da fuq? Sorry- but what planet is...
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Skellator Discrimination.
sugaryberrypuke:
secret-diary-of-an-fa:
So, I came across a post on this here Tumblr-site asserting that “a lot of big girls are hypocrites” and going onto ask why its not acceptable for thin people to tell fat people to lose weight but it is perceived as acceptable for fat people to tell thin people to gain weight. Da fuq? Sorry- but what planet is the person who posted this living on? I’ve...
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How I feel about a few Body Positive-related...
saminal:
What about personal preferences re: attraction?
Can I be body positive and still want to diet?
What about trans* people who are changing their bodies?
What if I am concerned about my own health?
Why is body positivity all about fat people?
I want to try and keep this simple. I’ll probably fail.
Like what you like, promote what you love. Disregard what you dislike, don’t bash what...
“A recent study recruited almost 12,000 people of varying BMIs and followed them...”
– Evidence: Fat People Can Be As Healthy As Thin People
(via completelymoribund)
Unplug yourself from the notion that ‘too’ fat is bad or unhealthy. BMI is bullshit. Health ≠ the number on the scale!
(via stophatingyourbody)
Fat is not a death sentence. -Jess
(via cage-veil-cunt)
Skellator Discrimination.
secret-diary-of-an-fa:
So, I came across a post on this here Tumblr-site asserting that “a lot of big girls are hypocrites” and going onto ask why its not acceptable for thin people to tell fat people to lose weight but it is perceived as acceptable for fat people to tell thin people to gain weight. Da fuq? Sorry- but what planet is the person who posted this living on? I’ve already used the...
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“When you have acne you are everybody’s science experiment. If it is on your...”
– Performing beauty: Editing out my flaws. | definatalie.com
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE RELATES THANK YOU
(via tiaramerchgirl)
REBLOGGING MYSELF :D
Acne high five for everyone!
(via definatalie)
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red3blog:
We all have good days and bad days. The key, I think, is not letting the bad days have more significance than they merit. If you have one moment of “I look pretty damn good”, that is always an argument against the self-loathing. Even if you aren’t there at any particular moment, you had a point where you did you feel that and there is so much more truth when we love ourselves, because...
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Every moment I feel pretty is a moment I take as...
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Hip Hop Cheerleader: What is Self-Care? →
communityandresistance:
Wikipedia defines self-care as, “personal health maintenance…Self care includes all health decisions people (as individuals or consumers) make for themselves and their families to get and stay physically and mentally fit.”
The way that I incorporate self-care…
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F Is For...: Please help me →
femmesandfamily:
[tw eating disorder/recovery]
My name is Emma. I have an eating disorder.
I am trying to recover and struggling to eat again. I am asking all of you for help and solidarity.
How can you help?
SEND ME RECIPES.
I want to be excited for food! I want to want to eat. I…
My friend runs this cute little blog called The Pixel Parlor and posts some great recipe ideas....
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RBI Project Three // Thoughts
For a while this blog has become a space for me to collect words and random bits of design I can crank out to be spread around and thought about and discussed. I’ve lost focus on my projects I set out to do. And if I’m being honest with myself, I think my concepts and level of craft can be improved on a lot of my work and I’d rather focus on one single thing for a little bit.
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from re-ve-rie:
This blog is awesome, but quite female oriented (because obviously, the body image issue DOES affect more women than men), but I thought I’d put some imput about a male. This is my brother.
He has always been slightly chubby, but nothing that was really noticeable when he had his shirt on. It was a larger-than-average tummy, more than anything. Well, every time a violent...
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heartsafetypinnedtohisbackpack asked: i have only just found this. omg what have i been missing! <3
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lion-for-a-mouth asked: I'm going to unfollow you for your commentary on Arthlete's illustration that you spoke about around a week ago. I personally feel as if you projected your own insecurities into that post and tried to pass it off as a fact when you said that fitspo is basically a codename for thinspo and serves as a direct gateway into body shaming. I read Arthlete's commentary on the matter as well...
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winged asked: All of this talk about illness and weight-shaming reminds me of a painful experience. I've always been big, but when I was 17ish I switched epilepsy meds and lost 80 pounds. Everywhere I went people exclaimed 'how did you do it?', praising how good I looked. But the worst part was that -- after plateauing and gaining some weight back -- at a neurologist appt where we discussed...
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Amber: airpunchingacademic: acciofangirl: I just... →
airpunchingacademic:
acciofangirl:
I just saw some photos of a 300-pound girl posing in her underwear. I’m sure she did it with the good intention of teaching girls to love their body no matter what shape or size or color but I hope we also remember that while it’s important to be…
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princessofmind asked: I was out of school for a month, in and out of the hospital, with a severe lung condition, and during that time ate next to nothing and dropped nearly thirty pounds. I have since gained the weight back, but if the topic of my weight comes up, people just tell me "well maybe you should just get sick again!".
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raspberryfeministbarbie asked: i read an article once in a fashion magazine about a woman who got some kind of worm when she was on holiday and she became emaciated and her colleagues were like how did you lose the weight (admiringly). eventually after she found a new doctor (her dumbass dr assumed that as a young woman she was anorexic and prescribed her diet plans of bacon cheeseburgers and milkshakes) she was diagnosed, told...
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Perceptions of Weight Loss and Illness
TW: Weight loss, fat shaming, self harm and eating disorders discussed.
When I see something like this not just once, but numerous times around the internet - it worries me.
[pink e-card with little girl eating batter from a mixing bowl and the words “here’s to hoping that stomach virus leads to a 10 lb weight loss”]
This may be specific to one kind of illness...