June 2012
Here's the thing about body positivity.
stophatingyourbody:
It has no qualifiers.
It’s not ‘as long as you’re not obese!’
It’s not ‘as long as your bones aren’t showing!’
It’s not ‘as long as you’re healthy!’
It’s not ‘as long as ________.’
You are completely entitled to have standards and limits set for your own body, but that is the only one you own. No one has any right to judge anyone else’s body, lifestyle, or choices.
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I'm really not interested in seeing thin, white...
nessfraserloves:
Not because there is anything WRONG with thin white bodies, but because that is what I have been bombarded with and told is beautiful for the last TWENTY YEARS, and in order to undue that wiring I think I need to purge myself of that idea of beauty for a while.
Sorry, I’m just really not interested in white ladies with “perfect” bodies advertised as the highest ideal of beauty....
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reluctantlyrachel:
redefiningbodyimage:
karaunscripted replied to your photo: “Fat” is an adjective - not an insult. »»…
Gee thanks for pointing that out, it never would have occurred to me otherwise. The word is a noun AND an adjective but that’s not the fucking point.
It’s about choosing to use the word “fat” as a word to DESCRIBE your body (as an adjective, obviously) without carrying...
karaunscripted replied to your photo: “Fat” is an adjective - not an insult. »»…
Gee thanks for pointing that out, it never would have occurred to me otherwise. The word is a noun AND an adjective but that’s not the fucking point.
It’s about choosing to use the word “fat” as a word to DESCRIBE your body (as an adjective, obviously) without carrying with it all the...
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thechocolatebrigade:
I just got the most hilarious message in my inbox:
“I hope you find something deeper and more meaningful in life than just food. Get some perspective.”
But food is deep and meaningful.
Finding out where certain products came from, how it’s grown, how to grow it yourself, where it comes from when you buy it in the grocery store, how it’s made, how the ingredients come...
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I'll Be A Fatty Forever: You seem like you really... →
shakethecobwebs:
Because you’ve been taught that fat bodies are abnormal and disgusting and wrong.
You’re afraid of bodies like mine.
You’re afraid of looking like me.
But I’m not.
I love the way I look, the way I feel, the way I move, the way I’m shaped.
Every time a fat person…
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thinkingofexcile asked: Hi hey, I know that your blog is more generally associated with so called 'fat' women, but I would just like to take the chance to point out that we never seem to see 'average' women painted in a positive light. I feel like you can either be one thing - say a size 6 super model, or another thing - a size 16-20 'plus sized' person. anything over or in-between that is...
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la-corny:
redefiningbodyimage:
Tonight has been another one of those nights where I am stuck on wishing I existed in a body that allowed me to do the things I really want to do.
Right when one thing starts working right, another thing starts up.
I love my body and yet am constantly at odds with it.
I wanted so badly to just wake up today, feeling ready to face the world. I thought maybe...