February 2012
52 posts
HeyBigTrender: "It's time for us to redefine who... →
heybigtrender:
I was given somewhat of a verbal slap in the face a few days ago in my English class.
I wrote a paper about fat/body acceptance & plus size fashion, and one of my classmates told me that she found my paper uncomfortable:
She told me she found my paper uncomfortable because she doesn’t…
Sadly fat too often= bore magnet. I’m sorry you had to put up with this...
bumsquash: What is it I'm not getting about →
william-m:
For me it is not an issue of fat men vs fat women, I will admit that fat women receive more fat bias than fat men. I do not always agree with the “VAST” differences that some Feminists say exists. Fat Women get a heavy dose of Fat Bias from both men and women. Men tend not to focus directly/personally on other men’s fat because that would be too “gay”. Indirectly Mens magazines are...
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What is it I'm not getting about
this seeming non argument about who has it worse fat wo/men? I simply don’t get it, so feel free to help me out by explaining it to me.
We know that fatphobia has an inherent mysogynistic aspect. We know that it travels on, uses and therefore underlines sexism against women. We also know feminism is on board with that, happily disconnected from fat women to the extent that they cannot...
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So why call it the "obesity crusade"?
As opposed to the anti-obesity crusade? What is its aim apart from establishing ‘obesity’ as a concept? Contrary to those who like to erase other people’s lives and history at will, the crusade began in most of Europe around the late 70’s and in the US a bit earlier, some say about a decade.
We are now in 2012 and we are all heavier/fatter than ever and this hasn’t...
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'Obesity' crusade confessions
“Being fat takes the fun out of being a kid”
Servant for life, announces its plan and endgame.
All I Have to Say About Jenny Hyun
tithenai:
This woman published a sequence of tweets calling for the genocide of black people.
In Canada, advocating genocide is considered hate speech, which is indictable under our criminal code, and invites prison terms of two to fourteen years.
So far as I’m concerned Jenny Hyun is a criminal.
If you don’t think advocating genocide is a criminal act, the word “monster” is too good for...
On Misguided Compliments →
But after class, as we were rolling up our mats, she told me, “For a bigger person, you have a beautiful practice.”
In your head “For a weight bigot, that’s quite a compliment, thanks!”
Body Positive: 2 Paradigms of Blame →
bodyimageblog:
When discussing obesity/fatness/ the impending doom of all society due to excess blubber/whatever you want to call it, I see typically two ways of placing the blame.
1. Blame the fatty
People in this category say people are fat because they simply eat too much and don’t exercise, they have no…
Thank you so much for this! Again you’ve got it bang on. Science if...
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Obesity promotion LOL!
As you know this accusation strikes terror into the heart of FA people. Yet it sounds like a confession from whence it came. Those who blurt out “obesity promotion” at fat people are confessing what they are themselves doing. The need for this is created by the extent of denial of malice they have towards fat people.
It is they know, unjustified.
And when you define what...
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Feministe on strong4life
Feminist blog discusses Altanta’s attack on it’s own children.
imperfection is beauty;: hatred breeds hatred; and... →
hauntinghearts:
For Visceral-Beauty: I think you misunderstood what I was trying to get at with my post. Honestly, I understand how it would probably look to someone who doesn’t know me, or understand my sense of humour. I’d like to explain it to you, because reading the comment “Have fun dying younger…
You’re right not to deal in hate, no one can truly match the hatred of fat...
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Prop
So a fat person wanting to be just like a slim person, idolizing them, looking up to them, is the only acceptable way to be fat?
Authority has turned that into our life’s work, merely not propping up the self esteem of insecure thinz seems like an act of aggression towards them.
The people who set us against each other, don’t really care too much about the consequences for anyone do...
The African Flying Machine Rests: Hi African... →
queerhairyvag:
Just STOP IT.
Stop appropriating cultures from countries in Africa
Stop with the ignorant biullshit I have to put up with in on Tumblr, Youtube, TV and even made by African Americans (AFs)
Hi! I’m a Nigerian gal and I’m going to describe you as ALL african americans…
LOL!!!! “African” Americans, geddit?
Visceral-Beauty: Okay people. I’ve seen so much... →
visceral-beauty:
Okay people.
I’ve seen so much fat acceptance bullshit and it’s making me super super pissed. REALLY NOW.
FOR EXAMPLE.
I’m not a bad person for not wanting to share my AVERAGE SIZED bus seat with a 400 pound person. I don’t give a FUCK.
For example.
When Jordan spent a week in the US, he…
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“I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the...”
– Adele (via muslimfeminists)
i’m sorry but this is not a body positivity quote? have you seen the rest of the interview? let me quote this gem for you: “I don’t want to be some skinny mini with my titties out. I really don’t want to do it and I don’t want people confusing what it is that I’m...
Visceral fat
I don’t want to get into the science of this right now, just to say that the post (linked below) raises a point about body shape, trying to conflate it with size. As usual for thinsplaining, it fails to grasp the difference between denial of facts and difference in interpretation of those selfsame facts.
If you are “apple shaped”, have a high waist to hip ratio, andro...
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Haters feel powerful
The haters who turn up in FA threads clearly think they are very powerful indeed. They get this from the idea that they run fat people’s minds and have the power to decide our mood or view of ourselves, the question is, are we going to let them?
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The shamer's dividend is running out
Those who deny fat people’s history of effort to do what we’ve been told to do; feel bad about existing, adjusting our weight according to instructions etc., just get themselves confused.
Genuine shame is a feeling that comes from falling short of some kind of rational moral standard you hold yourself to.
That capacity for shame can be mis-used by being falsely invoked in others, to...
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You, can't, you can't!
Cry sorry arsed prissy fat phobes.
Fatz say; YES WE CAN!
And there is nothing you or anyone else can do about it. You cannot stop us with your whining whelps. We make up our own minds, you make up yours.
Splutter things like “You can’t, you can’t; you Can. Not”, “You are not allowed” (by your puppet masters) and “Who are you?” all you wish.
We...
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Note to fat haters
Being called an “idiot” by you is a compliment.
• Marissa •: FA community... →
125orbust:
There’s only one thing wrong with fat acceptance. Only one.
You can’t pretend a 5’5 woman who weights 200+ pounds is healthy. You can’t. You can think she’s beautiful. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, yada yada yada. But, you can’t pretend it’s healthy. Because it’s not.
Beth Phoenix is a…
You can’t pretend a 5’5 woman who weights 200+ pounds is healthy. You can’t.
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here I am where I must be: UGH →
poopballs:
here i am trying to enjoy the kind of shit i enjoy
and all i am being treated to is this nasty diatribe against fat ppl
trigger warning for body shaming
[…]The cover was removed, and in front of us lay the most obese person I have ever seen in my life. The undertakers began to tell us…
I often wonder if the family are present when such a body is being removed from a...
Watchmmmajestic:
a little something about moustaches and health in case you were feeling bored
subtitles here
the question about health was a response to this video (health question at the end). i’m not very articulate in this video but what i was trying to say was:
1. the ways we learn to enforce/police the health of others is whack, let’s get over ourselves
2. down with monolithic frameworks of...
All food is "guilt free" as far as I'm concerned
usuallyjusta-tshirt:
what is “guilt-free” food anyways? have i committed a crime by having these cookies? did they bake guilt in with these potato chips? how many grams of guilt are in this ice cream? oh i get it! eating food with fat is supposed to make people feel guilty. being fat is supposed to make people feel guilty.
well fuck you.
I wonder if people who feel guilty about food, have...
Why is it so hard....
….to read about fat people’s emerging consciousness without encountering an endless stream of self obsessed bores who think fatness is a dustbin to dump their issues in?
I really don’t give a everloving crap about “thin shaming” “food addiction” why you “hate” fat acceptance, why slim people are so supersexygorgeous but have to keep telling us...
ellen darker: Hey ladies! →
dreaminginstasis:
Fat acceptance doesn’t equal skinny bashing. Loving yourself doesn’t equal putting down everyone else.
I’m a ‘skinny bitch’. Always have been and probably always will be. No, I don’t have an eating disorder. Yes I eat 3 meals a day. No, I don’t want to put you down about your body, because I…
Yeah, plenty of us do, but we don’t matter do we? The ones who matter...
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warmlittlediamond: Womanist Musings: Calling... →
warmlittlediamondisafeminist:
It is not now, or ever will be a compliment to call someone a name that they either find offensive, or are uncomfortable with. It will never be acceptable to tell women to cast aside their lived experience for the greater good. None of these suggestions support women, and in fact represent…
It will never be acceptable to tell women to cast aside their lived...
Body Positive: Why I Endorse Fat Acceptance →
bodyimageblog:
In my blog I use Fat Acceptance and Body Acceptance interchangably because to me they mean the same thing. But I’ve heard the term Fat Acceptance specifically criticized for a number of reasons (mainly based on ignorance of what it actually means - e.i. associating it with feederism or thin…
Well said. Excluding fat people from self or body acceptance limits everyone...
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Insular people
I must confess to be surprised at the amount of pitifully sheltered people you encounter on the internet. Where do these people live? How can they stand to be so singular, don’t they feel smothered by it?
Having grown up in multi ethnic, multi racial areas, encountering different religions, beliefs and politics. Having had interactions between different classes, I didn’t realized just...
bumsquash: I don't 'shame' fat people →
traptin85:
bumsquash:
traptin85:
bumsquash:
traptin85:
I support them and encourage them to become more healthy
so shut the fuck up and stop saying that I am “shaming you” into being ‘more beautiful’
I just want you to be healthy
of course, for me, a healthy weight is attractive
Fat people who’ve decided to become conscious don’t…
okay so wait
Paragraph one says
Wanting and...
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The earliest crusaders
When talking about the bullying people endured as fat children, it is often lost that wanting to be slim was not just about that.
In my case I started to worry over my eating before my weight, aged 7 concerned to ‘prevent myself from becoming fat’. Remarks had been made about my changing body and of course I picked up attitudes about fatness and from those around me.
But whilst that...
bumsquash: I don't 'shame' fat people →
traptin85:
bumsquash:
traptin85:
I support them and encourage them to become more healthy
so shut the fuck up and stop saying that I am “shaming you” into being ‘more beautiful’
I just want you to be healthy
of course, for me, a healthy weight is attractive
Fat people who’ve decided to become conscious don’t…
okay so wait
Paragraph one says
Wanting and seeking to reclaim inner...
The Evil Baby Crocodile: Confession →
evilbabycrocodile:
bumsquash:
evilbabycrocodile:
I fucking love food. All kinds of food. Food food food, I love it.
I love cooking it. I love eating it. I love looking up recipes. I love thinking about it. I love planning it. Food, I love it.
I also have NO self control when it comes to food. Put something yummy in front of me and I’ll eat all…
I’m glad you’re resisting the pretence that...
The Evil Baby Crocodile: Confession →
evilbabycrocodile:
I fucking love food. All kinds of food. Food food food, I love it.
I love cooking it. I love eating it. I love looking up recipes. I love thinking about it. I love planning it. Food, I love it.
I also have NO self control when it comes to food. Put something yummy in front of me and I’ll eat all…
I’m glad you’re resisting the pretence that hating food...
Deleted my anti-FA blog...blog.
romulusii:
Being called an “ignorant cunt” and told repeatedly that I should die because of my personal opinion isn’t worth it. I don’t care to defend my perfectly sane logic to people that jump to conclusions of me being a “fat hater” or threaten me. Why would you tell me that I should kill myself? What type of awful people are you?!
That’s a shame, it’s uncalled for to wish...
I don't 'shame' fat people
traptin85:
I support them and encourage them to become more healthy
so shut the fuck up and stop saying that I am “shaming you” into being ‘more beautiful’
I just want you to be healthy
of course, for me, a healthy weight is attractive
Fat people who’ve decided to become conscious don’t require your encouragement to be healthier. Wanting and seeking to reclaim inner rapport...
