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My name is: Michelle, but most people call me Dark online.
My gender-pronouns are: They/them/their.
I am: 26 years old, a feminist, liberal, an atheist, an omnivore, and an ISFJ.
The Feminist: Intersectional, body positive, pro-choice, and sex positive.
My privileged identities include: Female assigned at birth (trans* privilege), white, able-bodied, allistic (?), dyadic, monogamous.
My non-privileged/oppressed identities include: Gender-fluid, fat, gray-a, neuroatypical, and gay.
I have: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder.
I like: Pets & animals, animal welfare, pet care & pet care education, ~*SCIENCE!*~, anatomy & physiology, roleplaying, anime/manga, computer & video games, rock & metal music.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
People may say I can not dance.
People may say I should not dance.
But no one will ever say I did not dance.
I hated these pictures when I first saw them. HATED them. I know how dance makes me feel, but I seldom see glimpses of myself outside from glimpses of myself in a studio mirror. But then I stop and think how far I’ve come. Just over a year ago, I became battery operated (that means I got a pacemaker, for the uninitiated). 8 months ago I had open heart surgery. 6 months ago I started fighting to get my life back. My body isn’t something I love despite itself, my body is something I love because it got me through. It can dance, it can be graceful, it got me through hell and back. It is bold, and yes it is big, but it has never failed me yet.This is my body. It’s a good body. And it will always dance.
So, it’s pretty common to see an image like this with like an article about body image or eating disorders or whatever.
And then they go on to talk about what a problem it is and how sad all these young women are hating themselves and hurting themselves because they think they are fat, when they aren’t.
Implying that if they were actually fat, then there wouldn’t be a problem, it would be totally normal and expected (as it is) to hate their bodies and hurt themselves over it.
Thin bodies shouldn’t be used to represent poor self-image and low self-esteem, just the same way fat bodies shouldn’t be used to represent greed, laziness, gluttony, disease, or any of the other nasty shit that fat bodies too often symbolize
You know who sees a fat girl in the mirror every day? fat girls. And I wanna see a picture of a fat girl seeing her own reflection in the mirror, and I wanna see the article talking about why that girl doesn’t need to hate herself or starve herself or think herself unworthy of love.
- # fat
- # body image
- # anorexia
- # eating disorder
- # gif
- # moving gif
- # fat bodies
- # perspective
- # commentary
- # fat hatred
- # fat stigma
- # body positive
- # body acceptance
- # self care
- # skin
- # nsfw
- # starvation
- # skinny
- # thin bodies
- # emaciated
- # emaciation
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The Fat Grackle: A Twin Study of Human Obesity from The Journal of the American Medical Association
Abstract:
“Height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) were assessed in a sample of 1974 monozygotic and 2097 dizygotic male twin pairs. Concordance rates for different degrees of overweight were twice as high for monozygotic twins as for dizygotic twins. Classic twin methods estimated a high heritability for height, weight, and BMI, both at age 20 years (.80,.78, and.77, respectively) and at a 25-year follow-up (.80,.81, and.84, respectively). Height, weight, and BMI were highly correlated across time, and a path analysis suggested that the major part of that covariation was genetic. These results are similar to those of other twin studies of these measures and suggest that human fatness is under substantial genetic control. “
(JAMA 1986;256:51-54)
JAMA. 1986;256(1):51-54. doi:10.1001/jama.1986.03380010055024.
The Fat Grackle: An Adoption Study of Human Obesity from the New England Journal of Medicine
AbstractWe examined the contributions of genetic factors and the family environment to human fatness in a sample of 540 adult Danish adoptees who were selected from a population of 3580 and divided into four weight classes: thin, median weight, overweight, and obese. There was a strong relation between the weight class of the adoptees and the body-mass index of their biologic parents — for the mothers, P<0.0001; for the fathers, P<0.02. There was no relation between the weight class of the adoptees and the body-mass index of their adoptive parents. Cumulative distributions of the body-mass index of parents showed similar results; there was a strong relation between the body-mass index of biologic parents and adoptee weight class and no relation between the index of adoptive parents and adoptee weight class. Furthermore, the relation between biologic parents and adoptees was not confined to the obesity weight class, but was present across the whole range of body fatness — from very thin to very fat. We conclude that genetic influences have an important role in determining human fatness in adults, whereas the family environment alone has no apparent effect. (N Engl J Med 1986; 314:193–8.)
N Engl J Med 1986; 314:193-198January 23, 1986DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198601233140401
May Faith Photography
I AM BEAUTIFUL CAMPAIGN
This.
Photo.
Is
EVERYTHING.
Edit: Yes, we fucking get it people, they are airbrushed as fuck. WE GET IT.
The fact that these women have VISIBLE ROLLS on their bodies in a photoshoot in is a goddamn feat in itself. This is a step in the right direction.
I’m going to need folks to stop demanding a PLUS SIZE MAGAZINE to cater to skinny women. No. They should not have to pander this space to you. That is some of the most arrogant ass thinking EVER. This is a PLUS SIZE discussion about PLUS SIZE BODIES. This photo is a DROP IN THE SEA of a huge lack of representation of body diversity.
And health concern trolls are NOT welcome here. You don’t care about health. You are not some ‘unpopular opinion.’ You are reinforcing the status quo. FUCK. YOU.
This picture has gotten nearly 24k reblogs and likes since I first put it out there on my blog.
And my words still stand.
THIS. PHOTO. IS. EVERYTHING.
I damn near cried when I first laid eyes on this photo.
Because for the first time in my 23 years of existence, there is a woman who looks like ME in this.
She has rolls and jiggly thighs and a motherfuckin GUT in a fashion magazine.
And yes, there’s problems with the airbrushing to take away the stretch marks and all that other good anti-photoshop shit.
But can we talk about how these women would NEVER EVER have gotten in any other fucking magazine?
Cosmo. Marie Claire. Glamour. Vogue. Fuck, even Essence, Jet or Ebony.
Fat women are here and are not seen as a joke.
Their fatness isn’t being reduced here.
Them rolls and guts and thicknesses are here as clear as day.
And I got a whole lot of side eye for the skinny folks who keep fucking demanding that this magazine feature skinny women.
NO.
FUCK YOU.
THIS IS NOT YOUR MAGAZINE.
YOU AND YOUR ILK FORCED FAT WOMEN INTO THE PLUS SIZE MAGAZINE MARKET
YOU DON’T GET TO FUCKING COME IN OUR HOUSE AND DEMAND WE CHANGE THE FURNITURE AFTER YOU KICKED US OUT INTO THE STREETS AND SAID GO FUCK YOURSELF.
GO AND BITCH AT VOGUE.
The only LEGITIMATE arguments I’ve seen is the need for Asian representation, as well as gender diversity. And I agree.
Fat Asian women are literally NON EXISTENT in the media. And that is not okay
And I’d love to see men and other gender identities in the magazine as well.
Anti-fatness is humiliating.
It makes strangers hate you. It makes people that you don’t know feel as though they’re allowed to tell your their opinions about what goes in and on your body.
When you’re a fat woman and walk into a store, a sales clerk will automatically walk up to you and say, “We don’t have a plus-size section here.” You did not come in for clothes. You came in for jewelry. You came in for shoes. You came in for a friend, a sibling, or just to walk through.
Anti-fatness causes your male friends to not date you for a variety of bullshit excuses and reasons that can range from, “I see you as a sister/just a friend/one of the guys” to “I’m just not into that.” But as soon as you show an inkling of losing weight, they’re encouraging and suddenly attracted to you.
Being fat, to some people, is enough to warrant their opinions on your body.
“You shouldn’t wear that. That’s not flattering at all.”
“That color doesn’t go with your…body type.”
“That cut’s way too low for you. Try another.”It ranges from the gentle patronizing sales clerk to the blatant asshole waitstaff asking if you really need dessert.
And I’m fucking sick of it.
I’m sick of playing nicey-nice with the girls at the department stores. I’m sick of faux-smiling and laughing at the “helpful suggestions” of different sizes, different colors, different styles, different stores.
I’m sick of arguing with my waiter that I really do want a fucking piece of cake. I’m sick of being forced to tip this rude, intrusive asshole.
I’m sick of being praised for “healthier choices” and being psuedo-complimented.
“You’re getting a salad? Good for you!”
“Ordering water? Great. I have to stop drinking soda, too! Sooooo many calories, right?”
“It’s so good to see you working out and taking control of your health!”
“You know, you’re really pretty for a fat girl.”
“You could be a plus-size model!”
After trying on clothes that are plain street clothes: “Ooh, sexy! Go get ‘em!”
“I bet if you lost some weight, you’d be even cuter.”
Bless these know-nothing dum-dums. They think they’re being kind and supportive. They think they’re stopping me from hating myself or killing myself.
You just make me want to smother you with this “dangerous,” “evil,” “lazy,” “unhealthy,” “life-threatening” fat.
why women are fat
because we do not stand for your misogynistic,
racist, objectifying, “traditional” standards of beauty.because sometimes, a donut is just the only way to end a day.
because it’s not an illness we need to be cured of.
because all bodies are beautiful bodies,
but different people are comfortable in different ways.because the only way to wear leopard print spandex
is when it covers as much surface area as possible.because we just don’t care.
because some of us have been told that’s the only way
to not get “unwanted attention”.because our mothers were fat too.
because we got picked last for gym.
because queen latifah is fucking fierce.
because we’ve never been anything else.
because we found our favourite dress in a thrift store,
and it was six sizes too big.because it doesn’t matter how much salad we eat,
sometimes, people are just fat.because we love our bodies.
because we hate our bodies.
because we are.
This made me smile, hardcore.
Viewer calls TV anchor fat.
TV anchor responds.
DAMN
WIN.
Okay, legit crying. <3
this is a fucking great post
hey guys, just a quick reminder
it is not ANTI-bodyposi to have a bad day
you are not a bad person for waking up and going “man, i do not feel pretty today.”
it is not hypocritical of you to love fat bodies and promote fat acceptance but then sometimes look in the mirror and wish you were a little thinner
it’s okay
everybody has bad days and it’s harder for some people than others to stay positive about their bodies
your feelings are valid even if they might be distorted by all the bullshit we’re fed and you are allowed to feel them
i know a lot of people struggle with thoughts like “i think body acceptance is really good and important but it’s hard for me to accept my own body”
those two feelings are not mutually exclusive and it’s okay to feel them both at the same time
the reason this community is here is to help you work through those latter feelings until you get to a point where you have way more good days than bad days
so don’t ever feel bad or like you’re a hypocrite or a bad advocate just because some days you are not feeling too great about your butt or your tummy or your teeth
