Recently I have been wondering if the reason why people don’t submit many photos to deathfatties is because of, well, it’s name. DEATHFATTIES! It’s an in-joke in the fatosphere, but I can understand why people might not like it because death isn’t a very appealing topic for lots of folks.
I don’t want to change the name, I love it and I love how it was coined (by Lesley Kinzel if I am remembering correctly.) I totally identify with wanting to find humour in being part of a group of people that our whole culture simultaneously fears and pities.
As of right now there are 1085 people following deathfatties. That’s like, amazing. I’m pretty sure not all of those followers are on board the fatty train (in that they mock the tumblr, or use it as fatspo) but I am going to be optimistic and think that most of those people are people who are into seeing fatty fat fat bodies normalised and living and thriving and being gorgeous.
So yeh… those are my thoughts. Just putting them out there.