May 2012
Off the Record: You know what really just honestly... →
ondarkerdays:
So many larger women are all about fat acceptance, body acceptance, sex positive beliefs, the whole nine yards, and they want others to see their views as correct, and it is so apparent that they want to impose their beliefs upon others.
They say they want others to have a positive outlook on…
Shocking. I wonder where they got the idea of imposing a singular idea of health...
“Real women have curves” was a marketing slogan thought up to sell people...”
– (via blck-grrl)
It was appropriated.
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Not trying to cause ructions.....
…..but is there any question people in FA won’t answer? Is there anything so beneath contempt that is not dignified by attention? Is there any level people with perfectly good sense cannot sink to before they are just ignored?
Especially when many of us can barely be bothered to find out what each other thinks. That would expand our thinking making use of our differing experience. We...
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The underlying principle of anorexia and 'obesity'...
I never used to understand why slim people were offended by being called ‘anorexic’. I think of anorexia as an eating disorder so, wrong if you don’t have it, but offensive? I didn’t get it. What I overlooked is that anorexia is diagnosed-still-by weight.
This means you are supposed to be able to tell by someone’s weight whether they have this disorder or not. This...
Madame DeChevre & the Silk Scrolls: Confession... →
madamedechevre:
I do not claim to be very enlightened about social justice. (Yes I am doing an M.A. in Social Justice; no it has not taught me half of what I need to know because institutionalized education never can). So I am on an enduring quest to learn more about prejudice, oppression, power, privilege, and…
A quick way is “translation into thin”. Basically, whatever you...
Tiggy Rants: A few words on body shaming →
tiggyrants:
I see so much stuff floating around about what the “right” body is and what a “real” woman is, so let me just say a few things
Body shaming goes both ways. It’s not just saying fat people are gross. It’s also saying skinny folks need to eat a damn sandwich, accusing people of anorexia for their…
Not sure why this is the fault of fat people to be honest. Accusing people of...
less than a single waking glimpse: An Open Letter... →
cartoonfatshion:
shakethecobwebs:
secret-diary-of-an-fa:
To my regular followers: I realise I’ve already tackled this, and I apologise. But I don’t think I was quite angry enough last time so I’m remedying the situation.
Y’see, over the past couple of days, my views on the Fat…
Lady Zora Speaketh: I am a black woman that... →
blck-grrl:
But my relationship with that reclamation does not come without a price.
Black women do not have the privilege of reclaiming the word slut without validating the historically entrenched idealology and recurring messages about what and who the Black Woman is.
Black women have…
I do not reclaim slut, I neither want nor need it. What I claim is my own sexuality, character and...
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Something I really wish prospective concern trolls...
One of the greatest, if not the greatest ways to show true caring and concern is to LISTEN. If you can do nothing else but that; you are sharing one of the greatest things you possess.
Especially with those who are not used to being heard often, at all.
Not just to register the noise of words or to tell them what you think, but to really hear what someone else is saying, what they mean. Even to...
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Never heard of any grassroots initiative where...
Or is expected to. Yet many seem to be able to combine this with a disciplined overall vision. Fat acceptance seems to be the great exception. As usual, fat people require instructions from wiser heads, i.e. anyone who isn’t fat because we aren’t accorded the full humanness that they are. This even from some of our self declared “allies”?!
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I wouldn’t mind...
“You know what saying ‘loving yourself is the cure for fat shaming’ is like? It’s...”
– (via echo4charlie)
Seeing as your brain dead droning doesn’t deviate one iota from the collective consciousness of mechanical fat hating. You wouldn’t have one clue of what it takes to respect, honour and acknowledge yourself in the face of complete hostility.
Not only are you a...
not for the faint of heart...: Fat Acceptance??... →
bumsquash:
ninjetteprincess:
I’M ALL FOR FUCKING SELF-ACCEPTANCE!! Fat, skinny, in-between; Blue alien, orange humans, purple people eaters; You are you… uniquely, perfectly imperfect you.
I don’t care about shape, size, color, orientation, religion…. If you label any of these, you…
Thank you so much for expressing this, I just wasn’t up to it.
fat
esaedders:
In order to be a fully realized human being, you have to be thin. Once the number on the scale reaches a certain point, you stop being in charge of your body; your body is no longer your body. It becomes a political lighting rod that everyone is encouraged to critique, to hate, to fetishize. Fat people never just get to be in our bodies. We are constantly fighting for ownership, and...
Fat Acceptance?? Skinny Acceptance?? Body...
ninjetteprincess:
I’M ALL FOR FUCKING SELF-ACCEPTANCE!! Fat, skinny, in-between; Blue alien, orange humans, purple people eaters; You are you… uniquely, perfectly imperfect you.
I don’t care about shape, size, color, orientation, religion…. If you label any of these, you WILL end up leaving out someone.
So fuck labeling all of the “acceptances”…. accept YOURSELF.
The rest will follow.
Tell...
fighting my corner: some basic fat acceptance 101... →
whutyoufelloverfor:
fatness is caused by multiple things and is not simply caused by ‘being sedentary.’
you can not tell the health of a person just by looking at their physical size.
fatness is not an invisible disability.
please stop calling it ‘obesity’ and ‘overweight.’ stop using terms like ‘morbidly…
Too right! Fatz can’t be “nice” we’ve been put in a...
Taking It All Off: Black Women, Nudity, and the... →
crunkfeministcollective:
Everyone who knows me even remotely well knows I don’t do hugs. Get too close physically and I am quick to let you know that you’re invading my personal space!
So of course, hilarity regularly ensues since it seems I’ve managed to attract a significant number of friends whose primary love language is physical touch. And frankly, sometimes I think these friends just...
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What's with the entitlement?
There’s a lot of entitlement in the air about now, what’s with that? Can other people understand the concept of fat people having minds of our own, disagreeing on a basis of personal individual, ethics or not?
This is an important question because the set up of fat people is defined by others who are hostile to us- as sub beings who are empty vessels waiting for correct direction on...
Secret Diary of a Fat Admirer: An Open Letter to... →
secret-diary-of-an-fa:
To my regular followers: I realise I’ve already tackled this, and I apologise. But I don’t think I was quite angry enough last time so I’m remedying the situation.
Y’see, over the past couple of days, my views on the Fat Acceptance movement- specifically the view that all its constituent members,…
“Snaky little reblog”.
Big ass ego: Something inside of me gets so... →
vitaminro:
when fat girls throw confidence in my face 24/7. and by that i mean with every single post they make or whatever they say its like
” yeah im happy fat AND CONFIDENT!”
IM SO BIG AND AND BEAUTIFUL” ”
IM A HOT SEXY BIG JUCIY THANG WITH CONFIDENCE”
ITS so annoying to me. like okay you’re fat. you…
I think I do. I feel the same way when I hear it’s “radical”...
"You'd be cute if you lost weight."
ohmygil:
I’m not sure there’s a more backhanded compliment you could could give me.
Sigh.
Having a mind of your own is even cuter than being a mouthpiece for teh ‘obesity’ industry.
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Fat haters hate bombing; the dependency of hate
I see more hate bombing of fat acceptance threads. It’s interesting how few fatz what to seek them out.
They come to us.
That is the price they have to pay for selling out their own underlying self esteem. In trying to make up for their loss they seek to undermine that of other people’s, to make theirs seem unchanged in comparison.
They don’t actually regain any they’ve...
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LOL seriously? →
eebnahgem:
Because the fact that fatties can thin-shame with no one batting an eyelash is fucking disgusting, I should be able to fat-shame with no one batting an eyelash. Just because our health/appearance (protip: no one cares about your health when they talk to you about your fatness, it’s because they cant stand the sight of you) means more to us than those extra 3 cheeseburgers, doesn’t...
Musings of a Motormouth: Lecturer just used weight... →
themotormouth:
Specifically, ‘failure to predict future behaviour’. The idea is that people don’t generally respond to long-term risks (i.e.- telling a smoker they’ll have cancer in 10-15 years isn’t enough to put them off smoking). So, she said you would tell someone to lose weight by shaming them now (her…
Sounds like your lecturer is a far better example. It is predictable that people...
the right to remain silent, not the obligation.:... →
handling-it:
Putting together my independent study proposal for my final semester of college. My advisor is a psychologist who practices narrative psychology and my personal interest is in narrative psych, phenomenology, and sociolinguistics.
I’m thinking of doing a proposal on the discourse surrounding…
Sorry, I can’t help, but every aspect of what you said sounds really...
Lu Hao, the 4-year-old who weighs over 130lbs →
loki1181:
red3blog:
fresafresca:
permutationofninjas:
fresafresca:
bumsquash:
permutationofninjas:
I’ll be honest; half of the reason I’m posting this here is to see what the Tumblr SJ reaction will be. Don’t get me wrong, I’m against fat-shaming and standards of “health” that say you must be slim in order to be “ideal”. I’m overweight myself, and happy with it. However. There...
red wine for La Guillotine: Super unpopular... →
fallynleaf:
Okay. So I’ve seen this video going around, and it’s reminded me of something that I’ve been wanting to post about for awhile, because it’s been bothering me.
Obesity. Fat-shaming. Etc.
Now, just to be super clear: I don’t think anyone should be blamed or shamed for being overweight, just as…
Being a fat person affects the health of your genuine slim body within, more than...
