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I love when it gets warm outside because I can wear shorts and dresses and jiggle my thighs around, which is one of my favorite feelings.
I was always told that when you are fat you must wear solid colors and they can not be to loud. Well I decided that it was time to break that code. I love my body and I want to show everyone how wonderful it is.
it sucks that tumblr doesn’t let you share opinions on your own blog. now i won’t ever be able to post body positive things because i made one comment about how obesity is a medical disease which comes along with many health issues. same as anorexia. and being pobese is just as awful as prorexia.
Are you serious?
Like, are you fucking serious?
First of all, let me direct you to this post. You know what? Fat and obese are two completely different things.
Because “fat” is merely a descriptive word for a body type. And “obese” is a medically sanctioned buzz word that redefines a body type as a “disease” or “disorder” so that people like you can spew your fat hatred and tote it around as a way to feel justified.
You say you don’t “every single thing” about this topic? You obviously don’t know anything, if you’re willing to conflate an eating disorder with a body type. Having, as you self-professed, experienced neither, you should take a fucking seat.
So please, spare me the whinging about your “fee-fees” and how you’ll never be taken seriously as a body positive blogger because you have decided you get to choose the cut-off limit for who is allowed to be positive about their bodies. If you’re going to go around derailing other people’s body positivity because you’ve designated yourself the arbiter of how “healthy” (or more to the point, “healthy-presenting”) people have to be in order to participate in body acceptance, then you damn well will get called out on it, so don’t bother adding a disclaimer that you “don’t want to hear anything more about it”.
Your “opinions” do not exist in a vacuum. If you’re going to spout off about things you do not understand, you’re going to get called out on it.
For those that wanted to see the butt.
OMFG HOW CUTE IS THIS CHARACTER, I can’t wait to see the finished result!
I stared at the butt for a full 5 seconds before I realized what was odd about it.
NO BUTTCRACK
:3
Let us be clear about something. Medical equipment that cannot accommodate fat bodies does not have to be that way. Fat bodies are not some divine mystery that human science cannot fathom. If the health care establishment cared to accommodate fat bodies, then fat bodies would be accommodated. It really is that simple. An medical industrial complex that denies access to fat bodies is not a natural phenomenon. It is a choice. And we should damn well respond to as such. A lot of oppression and marginalization tries to pass itself off as just how things are. Just something we have to accept. Bullshit. These things are choices. They are decisions. They are priorities revealed.
Case in point? Once it was “understood” that fat people cannot be anesthetized. Hell, a lot of doctors still think that today and I gather a lot of anesthesiologists are still allowed to not know how to treat fat patients. But when the health care establishment thought up the various organ mutilation and amputations marketed as weight loss surgery, you will not be surprised they figured out how to put a fat person under very quickly. Because it was never impossible. Just something they didn’t care to learn. Same as why they direct most research to be performed on white male patients. Because they don’t care to learn how things might effect women or people of color differently. They made the choice. Don’t let them pretend they didn’t.
Hi! I’m Zoey, and I’m 16. I’m the girl in this photo :)
It’s taken me ages to come to terms with my body. I’ve hated it so much, and struggled with eating disorders of many types. I’ve also struggled with self-harm and depression. But I’m starting to get better, and starting to realize that I’m beautiful just the way I am.
Part of it is finding trendy clothes that fit, like this dress! I’m kinda in love with “plus size” stores because they have amazing clothes that ACTUALLY are made to fit us bigger girls, and have styles that look good on us.
I had an amazing time at my TOLO dance this year, with my great date. It was so much fun, and I loved it, and the way I looked that night. First time I’ve felt that way in a long time, and I’m so happy to be getting to this point.
Hi my name is James and I am gender queer. Like so many, I was told that being fat was wrong and bad. That I was disgusting. I tried so hard to be what they wanted, which was thinner. Because of places and blogs like this, I learned to love myself. I learned, I was beautiful and that me being fat was not disgusting. What was disgusting was how my family or some of them handled it towards me. I want everyone to know you are not alone and there are people out there like you. You are loved and you are not disgusting. But you are beautiful.<3
Cumulus / Miriam Lenk
Lenk is a really wonderful sculpture, you should all go check out more of her stuff.
I started growing my armpit hair a few months ago and I have fallen in love with it. I never realised how happy it was going to make me!
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// SHOW YOUR FUZZY LOVE! //
all these years now of pretending i wasn’t real, not embracing the physical; to now understand what exactly is real. what i feel is real, what i know is real, and even more that love is real.
sometimes i wish i saw this sooner, sometime sooner then now.
i used to be so afraid nothing could save me from myself.
I have bought these skeleton tights on ebay to go with some Gothic Lolita or creepy cute outfit. I totally love how my legs look in tights and they are obviously needed during winter if you want to wear a skirt!
The reason I am submitting though, is that people have been bothering me about the size of my thighs. I have received lots of hate when wearing short skirts, so I just kept hiding them in sweatpants… I have also had several periods in my life where I compulsively worked-out and starved myself to make sure to fit into the beauty standards.
My own mother has even asked me ‘Shouldn’t you get breast implants? because your chest looks ridiculous with a butt like that.’ What if I don’t WANT them, I am already super happy to actually have breasts, (as a trans* person ;) ) why do people still bring me down like this?!
I don’t want to hide anymore, I am not less of a human because I have more fat on my thighs than I have on my chest… I don’t need a ‘thigh gap’ to be happy or beautiful. Neither does any other person. A few extra pounds can actually be better and healthier and I just wish people saw that.
Fat people do not have to be healthy in order to deserve dignity
Fat people do not have to be healthy in order to deserve dignity
Fat people do not have to be healthy in order to deserve dignity
If I see someone say, “It’s ok to be fat as long as you’re healthy,” one more time I’m gonna lose it. I know this is a crazy radical idea, but how about someone’s health has nothing to do with how you should treat them or how much respect they are deserving of?