This body image stuff doesn’t just affect those of us who are fatter. It affects all of us. The reason why people advocate for fat acceptance is because fat people are significantly disadvantaged and discriminated against in our society. We are robbed of our individual health under the BMI, and our individuality when we are called “The Obese”. It’s assumed that fat people are only fat due to over-consumption without taking into account intersectionality of class, race and ability issues. We aren’t represented in the media (well, everything EXCEPT OUR HEADS). Even clothes to cover our bodies are scarcer and more expensive, and those bodies are used as caricature for negative personality traits: lazy, ugly, smelly, undisciplined, etc etc. So that’s why this is a significant social justice issue because we have some serious power imbalance crap going on, but it can’t be denied that healthy body image is a right for every human being. Our western culture is working against every human being when we do not challenge assumptions like “thin = healthy, sexy, acceptable”.
— “Cognitive Dissonance is a Helluva Bitch” by Definatalie (via chubby-bunnies)
Staten Island«««<
good things about autumn
- the leaves change color
- cloudy skies
- cardigans
- sweatpants
- boots
- jeans
- big sweaters
- baking
- cinnamon scented candles
- crunchy leaves
- daily cups of tea
- baths that last hours
- halloween
- the way everything smells
- pumpkin patches
- literally everything
I hate the feeling you get before you cry.
You can see the tears starting to form in your eyes. Your throat gets that sore throat feeling. You have to control your breathing. Your cheeks start to get a little pink. At that point, you have to decide whether or not you should cry. Because once a person asks what’s wrong, you know the tears are going to start flowing and there’s no way to stop it from happening.
ME.NOW.YAY.
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