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Why It’s Okay To Be Fat: Golda Poretsky at TEDxMillRiver

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This video has just been bombarded in the comments by a gaggle of anti-fat, healthist fuckers. Golda presents so much important info in this talk that is being overshadowed by hate and ignorance and its such a goddamn shame. If you have a moment, and the energy, to deal with combating these trolls…please consider helping out down-voting derogatory comments, up-voting constructive ones, and adding your own love to the mix.

dailyfatspiration:

basically

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pussybow:

same

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youdontlooklikeafeminist:

Memphis-based photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero has long been aware of strangers making fun of her behind her back due to her size. So aware, in fact, that she has turned the whole concept into a full-blown photography project. Titled Wait Watchers, the series consists of Morris-Cafiero’s self-portraits in public in which strangers can be seen in the background giving her strange looks and/or laughing.

The project was born when Morris-Cafiero was working on a separate project titled Something to Weigh. For one of the photos in that project, she snapped a self-portrait while sitting on some steps in Times Square.

After processing the film, she noticed that there was a man behind her making a face at her while being photographed by a female friend:

She noticed something similar in a photograph captured just five minutes later at a different location.

Morris-Cafiero then began setting up her camera in heavily trafficked public areas, composing the shots, setting a self-timer, and then stepping into the frame. The camera snaps a photo while she’s doing everything things (e.g. chatting on her phone or grabbing a bite to eat), and her hope is that the image also captures an interesting expression from at least one passing stranger.

I now reverse the gaze and record their reactions to me while I perform mundane tasks in public spaces. I seek out spaces that are visually interesting and geographically diverse. I try to place myself in compositions that contain feminine icons or advertisements. Otherwise, I position myself and the camera in a pool of people…and wait [#]

The images capture the gazer in a microsecond moment where they, for unknowable reasons, have a look on their face that questions my presence. Whether they are questioning my position in front of the lens or questioning my body size, the gazer appears to be visually troubled that I am in front of them [#]

You can find more photos from this series over on Haley Morris-Cafiero’s personal website.

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fatbrownowl:

sparklebat:

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Hot Babe Extradonnaire 

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dannybrito:

wait this is literally me

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nearsightedowl:

noonejustis:

omg the first one <3

Nope, still needs fatter bodies.

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strangeasanjles:

Just finished this dolly #dress! In love. I’ll gave to make a million more like it. #diyfashion #diy #handmade #kinderwhore #fashion #fatshion #fat #bodypositive #cute #poc #hardfemme #woc (Taken with Instagram)

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mybodypeaceofmind:

symphonyofawesomeness:

All these lovely ladies weigh 154lbs. We all carry weight differently, don’t live your life by an outdated chart. Find a number that looks and feels good.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK. WEIGHT COMES IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES.

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lookbookchubspo:

Treat Me Nice (by MissYamel Figueroa)

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thisisthinprivilege:

A fat body IS a body. The weight on it isn’t ‘extra,’ it’s a part of the body.

This disassociation of a body with its fat has to stop. It frames fat people as broken thin people, as semi-people who will someday become real people once they shed that horrid ‘extra’ weight like caterpillars turning into butterflies.

It’s gross. Stop it.

-ArteToLife

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