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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.

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Q: What about people who are considered fit by some standards who still see weight and fat on themselves? Should they just "get over it" because others see them as thin enough or do they have a place to submit their fat thighs or the pudge they do carry?

Asked Anonymous

No one should ever be expected to just “get over” anything. Because it’s just not that simple. It’s not even really possible. Who has the ability to get over something at will? I’d like to know.

Everyone should have a space to submit photos of and talk about their bodies, regardless of size. This space encourages submissions from everyone.

The only thing that distinguishes a fat body from a thin or “fit” body is privilege. A fat person’s feelings or thoughts are no more valid or true than a thin person’s, or vice versa.

It is just an accepted fact that “thin” or “fit” bodies are more societally and culturally excepted over “fat” bodies and it’s a good thing to acknowledge this. But again, this privilege is not personal. It is a privilege that has been blessed upon the “thin and fit” in our society through perpetuating fat phobia, hate, and discrimination, among many other things.

I’ve got a whole tag regarding thin privilege that contains more extensive content about what all of this means. I hope I was able to help answer your questions.

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