Fat Body Politics
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Wouldn't it be cool if when parents sent their kids to fat camp, it wouldn't be about weight loss at all.
It’d be about super awesome fat kids...
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She’s werking it! Love this look. Gorgeous.
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Today marks an important victory for the transgender...
(via theloveyourselfchallenge)
So apparently, in the last couple of days, there has been a “tag war” here on Tumblr involving #fatspo and #thinspo
“A more accurate description of fatspo would be something like “fat pride.” Your photos of collarbones and ribcages don’t faze us, because we’ve been seeing thinspo all our lives. When weight loss bloggers make posts like these and tag them as fatspo, however, they make it personal. We don’t hate your ‘cause you’re thin—hell, we don’t even really care what you look like. We hate you ‘cause you’re being douchebags.
I mean, it’s not entirely their fault. They (like us) grew up in a fat-hating space. They (like us) were raised on media that taught them to equate fat with stupidity, laziness, and general unlovability. But Tumblr’s Terms of Service require you to be at least 13 to create an account. By that age, you should be old enough to consider evidence and form your own opinions about the world around you. You should be old enough to know better than to leverage hate at others for the way they look. Change starts with you.
It’s easy to fall in line with the mainstream philosophy. A philosophy that sells us diet books and exercise videos and SlimFast and liposuction and “body-shaping” clothing to fool people into thinking our naked bodies are more socially acceptable than they actually are. Body-positivity isn’t widespread because it’s not marketable. If you’re already comfortable with yourself, you don’t need Maybelline. You were born beautiful.
Imagine living in a culture where 90% of the people you met found your body disgusting to some extent. Then imagine trying to love yourself through all that noise. That is the struggle we body-positive fatties face every day.
So when you say that accepting my body is somehow easier than changing it into a shape society rewards, I have to wonder whether you speak from experience. You don’t get to tell me something is “easy” until you’ve done it yourself. And if you’re still browsing #thinspo, I highly doubt you have.”
The whole thing is worth the read, but this last part really wins the prize.
Today is my birthday and this year my goal is to undo the lies that I believe. My body is changing and I am not going to let the lies and ideas of this world steal away the love and respect that my body deserves. I am free to take up space in this world and my worth and value is not based on my appearance. So here is to another year of opportunity to fight the good fight and to continue embracing who I am today and who I am becoming <3
(via theloveyourselfchallenge)
Here we go, kiddos! All the blogs on this list are body positive. They may not solely be about body/fat acceptance, but they do represent body positivity.
I encourage you to go through this list and fill up your dash with body positive blogs! Huzzah!
(If you find any broken links, spelling errors, repeats, blogs that are not adhering to being body positive, or if you would like to be included in this project please let me know in a private message. Thank you!)
fuckyeahfatpinupgirls.tumblr.com
thebodyisnotanapology.tumblr.com
fuckyeahfatbrownhijabis.tumblr.com
confidentwomenofsize.tumblr.com
bodyposibikinibabes.tumblr.com
bodypositivefeminist.tumblr.com
shewhorollswithrolls.tumblr.com
theloveyourselfchallenge.tumblr.com
fucksocietysideaofbeauty.tumblr.com
fuckyeahprettyfatchicks.tumblr.com
fatacceptancefrenchie.tumblr.com
fuckyeahfatpositive.tumblr.com
fatfashionandpenguins.tumblr.com
chrisevanslefteyebrow.tumblr.com
70degreesnorthoffabulous.tumblr.com
howtodiefatandhappy.tumblr.com
ameliabutter.tumblr.comcollateraldamagesurvivors.tumblr.com
collateraldamagepurpleheart.tumblr.com
magiclistofguyswholikefatgirls.tumblr.com
gentlemenprefercurves.tumblr.com
moreassthanthemodels.tumblr.com
fuckyeahbodyconfidence.tumblr.com
roundfatproudofthat.tumblr.com
bigbeautifulblackgirls.tumblr.com
fuckyeahangryfatgirls.tumblr.com
fuckyeahfathaircuts.tumblr.com
nomatterwhatofficial.tumblr.com
fatgirlsskinnyjeans.tumblr.com
doesmyblogmakemelookfat.tumblr.com
thechocolatebrigade.tumblr.com
fatjunefatshionchallenge.tumblr.com
anatomy-of-recovery.tumblr.com
I am appreciative of my blog being included in this list but I do not support / condone / promote other blogs that participate in racism & cultural appropriation. For more info see this post. What’s the Big Stink about Pork Magazine?
Also fatpeopleofcolor.tumblr.com should be added to this list.
**It should also be noted that I actively unfollow anyone who reblogs from those blogs as well.
