January 2012
56 posts
What's Wrong With Fat Shaming? (Lesley Kinzel @... →
Standing against fat-shaming ensures that everyone gets to make private decisions about the state of their body, and that everyone gets to have those decisions respected, whether they decide to lose weight, or to be contentedly fat, or to dye their hair green, or to get lots of piercings or tattoos — other people’s bodies are none of your business, not to touch, to judge, or to...
beep. perfect score. gold star.: lets check out my... →
homointended:
homointended:
after making this post ive gotten quite a few followers with progress or weight loss blogs with quotes, photos, etc promoting unhealthy ways of losing weight.
stop, just stop it. being unhealthy is NOT the way to go about it. its not going to fix you,…
in reference to that post the other day about dude...
thiscuntsays:
the thing is it’s not a surprise when someone doesn’t find something like that attractive
when people say stuff like that i feel like going YOU DON’T SAY?!?! REALLY?? YOU DON’T LIKE ANYTHING THAT DEVIATES FROM THE GENDER NORMS THE PATRIARCHY HAS SCRIPTED FOR US? WHAT A SURPRISE.
and people will say “well folks are allowed to have their preferences”
and you know what they’re...
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Margaret Cho Rightfully Loses Her Shit →
I fly my flag of self-esteem for all those who have been told they were ugly and fat and hurt and shamed and violated and abused for the way they look and told time and time again that they were “different” and therefore unlovable. Come to me and I will tell you and show you how beautiful and loved you are and you will see it and feel it and know it and then look in the mirror...
Wherein a Fat Acceptance blogger talks about her...
fatfromtheside:
Fact: I am at my heaviest.
I don’t weigh myself, but I know my body. It’s a body I’ve spent a lot of time examining. From years of dieting and eating disorders, to my journey of self love and acceptance — yes, I’ve spent a LOT of time with my body. I know what it looks and feels like when I’ve gained only 5lbs. My body is handy in that my weight always goes straight for...
Fat Acceptance and New Year's Resolutions: Hate... →
I’m on a fat people mailing list and, every new year, there is the same discussion. It’s the gleeful discussion of how people’s new year’s diets are doomed to fail.
I'm so glad
tyllup:
I’ve started following tons of body positive blogs. I searched the tag ‘fat’ and it was really sad how many really gorgeous people, large and small, were complaining about their weight. I’m glad I’ve stopped hating myself and started loving the body that I’m in. It’s not changing and I’m cool with that because it’s perfect.
I have the most amazing hands, and have gotten compliments on...
“How about instead of a bunch of us making resolutions to lose weight – which is...”
– New Year’s Resolution #1: Love Yourself
I’m definitely doing the arrogant thing and quoting myself here, but this is such an important message for me that I want it on my damn blog.
See also: Seila’s fabulous take-down of weight loss ads and Bailey’s inspiring call to action against diet fads.
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