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: I like the title of your webpage: redefining body image, but it mostly seems to be about plus size girls complaining about not fitting into society's norms" and/or claiming that they don't care. I would say that almost ALL women have insecurities and self esteem issues in regards to their physical attractiveness. I used to be an athlete and now (do to health issues) I'm plump. I don't like it because it's not what I'm used to. My daughter is VERY petite and doesn't like that either. Discuss.

Asked Anonymous

if that’s the impression that you got from my blog, then i’m going to assume you haven’t thoroughly gone through or read it.

this community welcomes submissions and stories and perspectives from all walks of life.

no one is “complaining” - this is a safe space for people (thin people, people of size, color, disabilities, mental and chronic health issues) to get shit off their chest, to yell and scream, to get emotional, to feel. to study their bodies and understand the way they feel about them in relation to a million different things.

of course all women (and every other gender identity - this blog is not focused on one gender) have securities and self esteem issues. there are dozens of perspectives represented here and all of them are different. body image issues exist in every kind of body and it is important to me to drill home the point that ALL bodies are good bodies.

i am a fat woman and activist, so yes, i think it’s important to address and fight against the fat phobic nature of our society. that is my experience, this is my blog, and i get to decide what to do with this space.

fat bodies are oppressed more than thin bodies. that doesn’t mean that the thoughts and feelings that thin bodies harbor aren’t valid - it just means they come from a place of privilege that was dictated by society and visual culture at large. we acknowledge that here. it’s pretty important. we actually have and do discuss these things at length.

so maybe do a little reading and brush up on the shit you’re trying to challenge before you start carelessly making accusations, kthx.

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