seriously how do they find us? don't they hang around in their little universe where people like us don't exist? why would they take an image they can't stand to look at and change it's meaning? it's very odd behavior, like they actively look for it, trawling through hundreds of tumblrs to find us. Don't get me wrong I'm not hating on the 'thinspo' people (I am doing a great and ignorant job of 'othering' them here though, but I have fair rage right now) but I just don't understand why they do it. When I had an ED I was never that much of an asshole. Sure I was intimidated by fat bodies and dreaded ever having one, but I was infatuated with MY body, not anyone elses. It's kind of like if we in the FA community reblogged pictures of really really skinny girls and irked at them (come to think of it I have seen a little bit of that which I am starting to grow weary of) it's just hateful and dehumanizing, but most of all it is just strange and pretty unhealthy mentally. I just gotta hope that your picture, while intended to been seen as revolting to them will actually backfire on them and desensitize them to bodies like yours, further opening their minds to diversity and ultimately acceptance. Hey, some will probably secretly admire it and wish that they could love their bodies in that way and be that courageous. But yeah, bitches be crazy :)

Aside from the hurt I feel when my body is put in that really horrible “I’d never wanna be that fat, how gross” box… I am trying to feel for people who suffer from eating disorders and do that kind of thing. It must be really horrible having so much negative stuff in your head.  Being on tumblr and involved in the fat/ feminist/ body image sort of space we’re in has really opened my eyes and instead of feeling like it’s me vs the world, I am beginning to understand how much we’re all hurting. And any activity that pits one group of people against another is never going to get us anywhere nice together.

So yeh while I totally appreciate your message and your support, I still don’t really want to call people bitches or crazy, especially when those words are used to hurt people who really need help and empathy.