October 2010
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“If I ever happen to be, say, in an antique store and stumble upon a dusty lamp...”
– Beth Ditto on being fat | World news | The Guardian
… Wait, Beth Ditto had a fortnightly column in the Guardian? How have I never seen this article before?
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The ways in which Beth Ditto is my hero can never be counted. SERIOUSLY MY HERO. Holy fuck I love her
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September 2010
8 posts
I love Fat! A fat acceptance blog: Because I have... →
pluseyes:
Fat acceptance is not “promoting an unhealthy lifestyle”.
Fat acceptance is not even “promoting obesity” as a body shape.
Fat acceptance is promoting acceptance of the body you have. Self-acceptance, and acceptance by the people around you. Whether it’s your “fault” or not.
It…
I will be purchasing one item from the Ditto...
pluseyes:
The only one I deem to be fairly-priced and enough in my style:
LA CAPE
I want at least two of the dresses, the boots and one of the cardis. Money, come to me!
Just as Beautiful: Britain's first plus-size... →
weighty:
This is an interesting standpoint. Do “plus size” magazines, shows, websites, etc. do more to help body acceptance, or to hurt it. Is compartmentalizing people based on body-size beneficial, or should we look for a more inclusive approach? Or a blend? These are great issues, and I think Holesintheground makes some great points. I do think though, it’s nice to celebrate the beauty of...
So much respect for Beth Ditto
This interview with Ferne Cotton has been really good.
August 2010
18 posts
Georgia Nail Salon Charges Woman Extra For Being... →
bbwprincess:
ilovefat:
Michelle Fonville tells WSB.TV that the owners of Natural Nails in DeKalb County, Georgia charged her extra for her manicure, claiming that damage to salon chairs had been done by overweight patrons, and that the extra $5 was to cover the potential cost of a replacement chair. “I said, Ma’am, you can’t charge me $5 more. That’s discrimination because of my weight,”...
“Fat acceptance doesn’t simply advocate in favour of fatness. Fat acceptance is...”
– Lesley Kinzel of fatshionista.com in geez magazine (via http://m-yz.tumblr.com/ (via radicalhateloss, queerfathungry) (via curvesahead) (via fatgirlsguide)
The first sentence and last sentence should be bolded and repeated ad infinitum.
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“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find...”
– A.A.Milne - The House at Pooh Corner
“Women should be measured by the lives we lead, not by the size we wear”
– Elizabeth Patch - More To Love
: Don't call them obese, they're FAT!!! →
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100729/thl-oukoe-uk-britain-fat-b2e59e8.html
Oh right ok then. So shall I start calling quadriplegics CRIPPLES! Or shall mentally handicapped people RETARDS and SPASTICS?! Abuse is abuse. Abusing fat people is alright, it’s a healthy stigma, you’re a good person…
This is why I struggle with body acceptance...
So with the help of the fat activist movement, combined with my group therapy, I have slowly begun to love me, how I am, a lot more. But every now and again, something will happen to batter my already low self-worth.
So as I said, I have been feeling better about myself and have been fed up with being single, so I joined a dating site. I haven’t tried to hide what I look like, I posted a...
Hey Anne Milton,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10789553
You know, you are right, I SHOULD take some personal responsibilty. I mean, it’s totally my fault that I was sexually abused and developed an eating disorder as a result, right? I should really take some personal responsbility for that. Because at 12 years old, it was completely my responsiblity to ensure that someone I was suppose to trust didn’t...
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Have some serious issues regarding the treatment...
Yeah, I watch Big Brother, JUDGE ME.
So there is a girl in the house called Josie and she is probably a UK 16/18. She works it and imo is pretty, funny and amusing.
She has happened to get into a bit of a thing with the house ‘heart throb’, John James. For ages we saw her struggle with their relationship, thinking he couldn’t possibly be interested in her like that, etc etc....
July 2010
34 posts
Be the new face of Simply Be! →
femmenoir:
keepallyourmisery:
Simply Be (my favourite online website) are running a competition to be the new face of the brand. All you plus size girlies, represent!
OH fun! Are you entering?
Don’t be silly, haha! No, I doubt I am what they are looking for!
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Be the new face of Simply Be! →
Simply Be (my favourite online website) are running a competition to be the new face of the brand. All you plus size girlies, represent!
One girl's journey towards body acceptance...: I... →
femmenoir:
For my whole adult life, I have been overweight. In the last five years, that has reached dizzing heights (for me) of fat. In the last couple of years, it transpired that I have binge eating disorder, which I am currently being treated for. At the minute I am in group therapy, which I am actually…
Read this. Beccy is amazing.
You are adorable. I am using this handle for my blog...
Domestic violence accounts for more death and...
i-am-the-lighthouse:
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“Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than...”
– JK Rowling (via thebutterflies-) (via weighty) (via seaponies) (via madide)
I forgot she said this! I’m not even a fan but PREACH, JK.
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This is why she will always be 1000 times the role model Stefanie Meyer will ever be. JS.
FFS.
thisisallmattsfault:
JUST SO YOU KNOW, I’M THE MOST LIBERAL LIBERAL WHO EVER LIBERAL-D. SO IF YOU ARE RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, FATPHOBIC, SEXIST, MISOGYNIST (YES, THERE IS A DISTINCTION) OR IN ANY WAY TAKE JOY IN OTHER PEOPLE’S MISERY, THEN KINDLY STFU AND GTFO OF MY LIFE, BECAUSE I DON’T NEED YOUR HATRED STINKING UP THE PICTURES OF DOGS AND ‘SUPERNATURAL’ IN MY TIMELINE.
THANK-YOU.
Word.
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melasaurus:
pluseyes:
I sort of celebrated by buying high heeled shoes, and trying to werq the straight size stores a la Pocket Rocket. There wasn’t anything I wanted in Topshop or H&M today but there was a ton of stuff which could have fit me, albeit in a different way. It was nice to go in there with a different attitude, sort of defiance instead of hatred. Existing as a well-dressed...
The ne plus ultra of B plus culture.: ATTN:... →
pluseyes:
Where’s a good place to sell my amazing, gently-used clothing on the internet besides ebay? Is it gauche to post sale stuff on Tumblr? I need to downsize my wardrobe real bad. I just found a big bag of stuff I haven’t worn in ages and even though the pack-rat in me wants to keep it(JUST IN CASE!)…
Make a one-shot blogspot account and advertise it everywhere you have an internet...
Fat Bride
pluseyes:
melasaurus:
1. Weight-loss and wedding don’t belong in the same sentence. Or at least they shouldn’t. There are too many girls out there of every shape and size who stop eating the day they get engaged, and I think it’s so stupid. For starters, when your guy asks you to marry him, he’s not asking you to drop 30lbs and marry him. He’s asking the person you are now. Second of all,...
