WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

RBI focuses on using expressive writing, design-oriented work, photography, media, research, and community input to fuel fat positive, body acceptance, discussion, and outreach. Our goal is to redefine the way we view and think about body image, size, fat, discrimination, health, fitness, wellness, mental/chronic illness, stigma, and other related topics.

We are constantly redefining our own perspectives, and therefore tend to write a lot about our personal experiences. Many followers and contributors are living with anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphic disorder, depression, and a variety of other body image disorders or mental illnesses, so please be respectful and remember that health applies differently to everyone. Any and all potentially triggering content will be prefaced with a trigger warning.

RBI supports all races, genders, classes, and sizes. We try our best to make this a safe space for everyone. If we are not doing our job or checking our privilege, we invite you to please inform us.

Some of the artwork you see here has been created by our founder or moderators, some sourced when applicable. Please be kind enough to source this blog whenever you share it's content.

We are not health professionals. Any and all advice provided on this blog is supported only by our own research, studies, and personal experiences; nothing more.

This blog is part of the Safe Space Network.

Q: Hi there! First off, I want to say that I'm a huge fan of what you do with this blog, and think it's fantastic. I was wondering if you could help me out with something I'm wrestling with. I consider myself a fairly body positive individual, let people do what they want, be proud of who you are, etcetera. The only person I can't do this for is myself for some reason. My ex and I broke up about two months ago and I'm having trouble liking me and my body by myself. Does this make me a hypocrite?

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Thank you!

Of course you are absolutely not a hypocrite. Bad days, bad weeks, bad months, bad YEARS exist - they are a reality, they are normal, and I hope you can see that you really shouldn’t beat yourself up about it. 

I mean, I founded this blog about fat acceptance and body positivity. I talk about acceptance and positivity and how I’ve found it, how I can help others find it, how all of these thoughts work…But I am not positive all the time. I have clinical depression. There are times when I look at my body in the mirror and can’t get around the dislike I have for myself. There are times when I rarely look at myself in the mirror. There are times when things trigger my depression or anxiety and I feel things that are out of my control.

I just allow those feelings to exist, acknowledge them, write about them, talk about them, let them run their course, and try my best to move on and up. Because they’re normal.

Expecting nothing but positivity from ourselves will result in nothing but feeling guilty and disappointed, because perpetual positivity doesn’t and shouldn’t really exist in ourselves as human beings, you know? Allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling, whether it be happy, angry or sad, and know that your feelings are legitimate, but do not define you. <3

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