I reposted the post below: The Hot Fat Girl Manifesto by Zoe Whittall : to provoke thought in anyone who may read this blog. Recently I’ve been taking a look at how I think about myself, my size, how attractive I am/am not to others, whether or not I like my body - that kind of stuff. Issues that every woman & girl think about at some point, whatever size or shape they may be.
What prompted these musings were all the photos of big/large/fat/hot women that another blogger - heyfatchick - regularly posts. For just about the first time EVER, I’ve had the chance to see what other big women look like naked and…. there is so much beauty!
But there is also much familiarity - I recognise myself in these photos - my body shape & size. So, if I can look at other fat women & see beauty the obvious next step is to look at myself & see beauty rather than revulsion or disgust.Hhhhmmmm. Not quite so easy.
These photos have also shocked me by making me acutely aware that I have unconsciously developed my body image based on the images I see all around me every day - of young, skinny, airbrushed, bony women that “society” tells us are beautiful.
Well, ENOUGH! Let the revolution begin! I will no longer consciously allow some distant advertising executive in some skinny ivory tower tell me what I should look like in order to be considered beautiful.
We are ALL gloriously, individually, uniquely BEAUTIFUL women!
