lezbhonest:emmadearestlauren:blindthoughts:
This is powerful, almost too powerful. How many of you feel hurt when you see this? How many of you feel sad for her or for people that will put her down for her body? Has society brainwashed us into making us believe this is “ugly” ? I dont know the answers, but maybe this will make you think twice.
One of the most important and powerful parts of fat acceptance was, for me, the normalization of fat bodies. When I began to look at the Adipositivity Project on a regular basis, when I began to read a handful of fatshion blogs regularly, when I began to follow tumblrs that posted pictures of fat bodies of all shapes and sizes—that was when it really began to become ingrained. This is incredibly powerful for me because now I look at this woman, and she’s gorgeous.
This is why I post pictures of my outfits on my blog, and it’s also why I run deathfatties. Some people seem to think it’s ok to criticise fat people’s clothing, but what they don’t get is that being fat excludes you from being fashionable. Not just culturally, where we are conditioned to think thin is beautiful, but you just can’t buy a size 26 in most designer labels. In fact, most designers laugh at the idea of designing for fat bodies. It’s not part of their “niche” or their “brand”. They actually think that a fat person wearing their clothes will bring their reputation down.
Do I need to say this is fucked up or are we on the same page yet?!