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nonphallic-eclairs: tenaciousdanielle: Adore! gpoy

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:54:08 +0930

tenaciousdanielle:

Adore!

gpoy

It's funny because he's fat!

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:44:29 +0930

Thin privilege is never seeing the tagline, “It’s funny because he’s [your body size],” in a mainstream film.

In reference to this advertisement currently running on tumblr.

I saw this ad show up on my dash last night and I stomped around for a bit. Fucking grr

excitingfatpeople: crankyskirt: “My cousin Jody Potts made my...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:06:23 +0930

excitingfatpeople:

crankyskirt:

“My cousin Jody Potts made my niece Nazhre, who was our flower girl, a beaded hide dress with porcupine quillwork.

My Great Aunt Adeline Potts made my wedding dress out of white elk hide, with traditional Hän Gwich’in beadwork. She also made a matching pair of beaded wedding slippers.”

- Shyanne Beatty

Shyanne Beatty is the radio host and producer of the daily radio show Earthsongs, Modern Music from Native America, on KNBA, Anchorage, AK. And she, based on the picture, had a gorgeous wedding! Listen to past shows, or support Native radio.

How many times do I have to say it? If you are a bbw fetish blog or only reblog bbw fetish photos,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:22 +0930

How many times do I have to say it? If you are a bbw fetish blog or only reblog bbw fetish photos, dont fucking follow me! This means you, looseleafwhatever. Go away!

My ~wanky selfies~ of the day

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:48 +0930

My ~wanky selfies~ of the day

thisisthinprivilege: Thin privilege is never having to deal with shit like this while you’re at...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:20 +0930

thisisthinprivilege:

Thin privilege is never having to deal with shit like this while you’re at work:

(I am working the reference desk. I have a great rapport with our patrons, and am often complimented for my positive attitude.)

Me: “This is the reference desk. How can I help you?”

Patron: “Can you tell me why fat people are so defensive?”

Me: “I’m sorry?”

Patron: “Can you tell me why fat people are so defensive?”

Me: “I can find you some materials on obesity, or prejudice faced by obese people perhaps—”

Patron: “I just want to know why fat people are always so angry.”

Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am; I don’t think I can answer your question.”

Patron: “See! You’re angry!”

Me: “I’m sorry; do I know you?”

Patron: “No, but I’ve been in your library before, and I recognize your voice. You’re fat. Why are you so angry?”

Me: “Ma’am, I consider your question offensive and bigoted. Would you ask that same question about a particular ethnic group?”

Patron: “You’re a f******* fat b****!”

(I’d like to say this conversation didn’t shake me, but I felt ashamed of my appearance for the rest of the day.)

From Not Always Right

thisisthinprivilege: farrahtales: [TW: EATING DISORDERS] “It...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:10 +0930

thisisthinprivilege:

farrahtales:

[TW: EATING DISORDERS] “It Ain’t Skinny They Hate” - a slam poem about thin privilege

(this is my first time so I’m sorry if it’s terrible)
(also I know over-apologizing is somewhat of a turn off)
(but shh I’m Canadian it’s in my nature)

Every now and then I get told to
“Eat a sandwich!”
“Where’s your meat?”
“You’re all skin and bones, put some more on your plate!”
I don’t like it, but
it ain’t skinny they hate

I see the crusty-pixelled saved and resaved facebook jpegs
“Real men like curves, only dogs go for bones!”
and no I don’t wanna see it
especially when I got small tits
and wish
I had an ass that didn’t stab people’s laps
when I sit on them, but
it ain’t skinny they hate

and I know skinny isn’t always strong
skinny isn’t immune to pinching itself
glaring at itself
loathing, over-working, and starving itself
and spewing its breakfast in the washroom at school
but it isn’t because they’re running from skinny

it’s because they’re running from fat

and no they’re not always polite
but they could be on the defense
trying to cope with the privileges fat’s denied, and skinny’s afforded
can you blame them?
if you didn’t understand
why why why why
all your life
the body you were born into isn’t regarded as inherently RIGHT

I get told to eat a sandwich

my baby sister gets to grow up
compared to me, who didn’t diet or exercise
but is told that she HAS to diet and exercise
to look like me

that she wasn’t fine and perfect just the way she was
with chubby arms bared in a sundress
dipping cookies
into a glass of milk
on the front porch

like it’s so fucking taboo to have told her
she doesn’t need to improve
that her body was just as okay as mine

and I don’t know what that’s like

to be policed for my size
to be punished by society, including those who love me
for, of all things, my weight

because
it ain’t skinny they hate

Hey folks:

This is how you ally.

-ArteToLife

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:24 +0930

My god you're beautiful.

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:20 +0930

Oh! Thank you! :)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:55 +0930

thisisthinprivilege: fuckyeahmelissafabello: NEW VLOG. Thin...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:34:42 +0930

thisisthinprivilege:

fuckyeahmelissafabello:

NEW VLOG. Thin Privilege.

By Melissa A. Fabello
For Miss Representation

This month, Melissa A. Fabello for Miss Representation, discusses thin privilege — what it IS, but also what it ISN’T. So what are some examples of thin privilege? And how can being thin be used against you? Find out.

First off: the genetic basis of body size (77% hereditary) is totally ignored. Most fat people are “born fat” just as most tall people are “born tall.” Thanks.

I also find it annoying that the vlogger gets irritated by people pointing out her thin privilege. That’s what happens when you have privilege. Deal with it, or don’t claim to be an ally. Acknowledging your thin privilege doesn’t mean from then on you’ll be perfect at recognizing every instance of your privilege. When a fat person is saying, “Hey, why are you, a thin person, talking about fat oppression/thin privilege without acknowledging all the work done by fat people on the subject?” then you flubbed, and you need to deal with it or stop talking about this shit and expect to be respected by the fat rights community. And if you don’t care about being respected by the fat rights community? Then you aren’t a fat ally, and you aren’t “body positive.” So there’s that.

Further: I’m sick of thin people being the spokespeople for my fat issues. It bothers the fuck out of me that thin people are taken more seriously than fat people regarding fat issues, especially if we dare to talk about our own fucking health or our own experiences of discrimination. Don’t believe me? Read this (and soak up some delicious irony while you do).

So yeah, if you haven’t guessed already, I’m taking serious umbrage to this video. But continuing on.

The vlogger goes on to conflate thin privilege with beauty privilege.

No. Hell no. They’re two separate things. “Ugly” thin people are still privileged over fat people in general. There isn’t a UI (Ugly Index) used to deny medical procedures and immigration to “ugly” people. There isn’t an explicit “War on Ugliness.” There isn’t a “Let’s Get Beautiful!” program being run by the White House. Airlines don’t have “Person of Ugly Appearance” policies. “Ugly” people aren’t being blamed for world hunger, global warming, and the collapse of the global economy. Yes, beauty privilege is a thing. But thin privilege is not a subset of beauty privilege.

Yes, modern beauty standards have conflated being fat with being ugly. But that’s a side effect of fat discrimination and oppression, not its main driver.

And no, the “tables” are not “being turned” against thin people. Guess what tiny percentage of the population still dominates the entire fucking media, including movies, magazines, tv shows? If you answered “The thinnest percentage of the population!” you’re right! Gold star. And you know what? That state of affairs isn’t changing yet, and it’s not going to change any time soon, if ever. So come back when the tables have actually “turned.”

Also — “Bitch, slut, spoiled” — are thrown around with respect to fat bodies, too. Google “fat bitch,” “fat slut,” and “greedy fat chick” for me. I’ll wait.

Fat people are seen as universally mean, “easy”/desperate, and greedy/lazy/overindulged. I’ve heard of the “mean girls” phenomenon in high school, and we can get into a deep conversation about this, but IMHO sexism (namely, the rank objectification of women, in this case being acted out in the exaggerated way teens often employ as they’re learning to navigate their world) is what drives this phenomenon. Not “thin-shaming.”

Further, further: You mention two “thin-shaming” phrases I’ve heard: “real women have curves” (which is, again, backlash, not thin-shaming in a vacuum), and “only dogs like bones” (which seems like backlash from folks who like women who are routinely policed to only find thin women attractive). I hear these talked about a lot by proponents of skinny-shaming theory.

Do you know how many fat-shaming phrases there are out there? I’ll give you a hint: When I was a kid some relative of mine had an ENTIRE BOOK of fat jokes. An entire book. An. Entire. Book. That was before the so-called “obesity epidemic.” I mean, for fuck’s sake, there’s like an infinite number of “Your mama’s so fat” jokes ALONE.

These “thin-shaming” phrases are a drop in the fucking ocean of what fat people (and other marginalized groups) experience. Yeah, they suck, and let’s talk about where skinny-shaming comes from: Fat oppression and the privileging of thinness produces envy of thin privilege, which (regrettably) can be expressed as jealousy and misplaced blame of random thin people for fat hate and oppression. But let me be clear: “thin-shaming” is a product of thinness being privileged.“Thin-shaming” — in modern times and especially in the Western context — doesn’t exist without fat hate.

(as an aside: shaming needs to have some kind of cultural stigma associated with it, some societal OOMPH to move out of the realm of “insult” to “shame.” That is, “shame” isn’t defined by the reaction, it’s defined by the action. Being thin, even extremely thin, isn’t culturally stigmatized. So insulting someone’s thin body is many things, and can result in a thin person justifiably feeling bad, but “thin-shaming” is not a standalone phenomenon and thus does not merit a phrase that compares it to societal discrimination)

Continuing on: the last two minutes of the 6 1/2 minute video are dedicated to this whole overblown concept of “thin-shaming,” with thinly (ha!) veiled blame being placed on fat acceptance blogs being too zealous or something. Which, as explained above, is not where “thin-shaming” comes from.

I’m really uncomfortable with how this feels like the victims of oppression — in this case, fat people — are being blamed for reacting to the hatred they endure all the fucking time. “Thin-shaming” — to the extent that it exists — is not the fault of fat acceptance or body positivity blogs. Also: VENTING IS NOT SKINNY-SHAMING. You don’t have a whole fucking culture pointing the dogs of fat war at you. Yes, thin people get shit, especially thin women. But while thin and fat women are both subject to sexism, fat women have an intersecting point of marginalization which greatly exacerbates the sexism they endure. I would love for thin people to acknowledge this more generally, but I think the universe will go inert before that happens.

In conclusion (tldr;) — This video annoys the fuck out of me. I take umbrage to its defensive tone, and especially that it’s a thin person talking about thin privilege without acknowledging that fat people who experience the lack of thin privilege every minute of their damn day are much better equipped to talk about thin privilege than she is.* A thin vlogger takes it upon herself to define HER OWN PRIVILEGE, set its boundaries, then go on a “thin-shaming” spiel for 30% of the video. I’m not impressed.

In short: This video is thin privilege.

-ArteToLife

*A marginalized group, by its lack of privilege, is always better educated on privilege than a privileged group, who regardless of how hard and long they ally aren’t entirely aware of just how much of their life is made easier by their privilege. This is why marginalized folks tell privileged folks to shut the hell up and let them speak. Not because we hate you. But because 1) your voice is already too damn loud anyway, and 2) we know more about this shit than you do.

ATL laying the truth down.

Bidet, mate.: thewomanofkleenex: I put in money for a campaign to open up this plus...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:32:38 +0930

Bidet, mate.: thewomanofkleenex: I put in money for a campaign to open up this plus...:

thewomanofkleenex:

I put in money for a campaign to open up this plus size shop online. The perk I was jazzed about was a preview of the shop before it goes “live” or whatever. I’m pretty disappointed; stuff’s already sold out in my size in less than 12 hours of the “preview”, and there…

This is super disappointing :(

iwasateenagezine: I had a new dress made in this beautiful cat...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:26 +0930

iwasateenagezine:

I had a new dress made in this beautiful cat print originally designed by Tammis O’Keefe. I loooove everything about it!

Dress: Dash Ambler
Petticoat: Mode Merr

Scars and stretch marks and moles and lazy days off without...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:36 +0930

Scars and stretch marks and moles and lazy days off without clothes on.

This is Thin Privilege: talkingonmute: This is Thin Privilege: A few years ago, I was rushed...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:48 +0930

This is Thin Privilege: talkingonmute: This is Thin Privilege: A few years ago, I was rushed...:

talkingonmute:

This is Thin Privilege: A few years ago, I was rushed to the emergency room because I was…

sleepydumpling:

thisisthinprivilege:

A few years ago, I was rushed to the emergency room because I was having such severe pain in my lower right side that I…

I feel sick reading this

sup dudes! I haven’t been posting OOTDs or selfies or...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:21 +0930

sup dudes! I haven’t been posting OOTDs or selfies or anything. I have been taken with a case of cantbefuckeditis. I’ve been wearing outfits that I pull off the top of the extremely large pile of clean laundry in the bedroom that I haven’t put away in the closet, and it has been all about dresses that I just put on because I cantbefucked putting on anything else.

So anyway, I made an effort today, and two large coffees later… Boots from Torrid, jeans from City Chic, and dress from ReDress (but it is so short I wear it as a tunic). Plugs by Glasswear Studios, and my lippie is the ever faithful Blue Valentine by Manic Panic (my fave!).

stormyeyes123: Tumblr on @weheartit.com -...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:16:22 +0930

stormyeyes123:

Tumblr on @weheartit.com - http://whrt.it/15i3rXg

FOR ANYONE AWAKE, MY SWIMSUITS ARE UP ON THE WEBSITE NOW TO BUY!!!!!

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:00 +0930

roxxieyo:

gabifresh:

NEON SUITS RUN LARGE IN MY OPINION. SIZE DOWN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LARGE BUST. GALAXY AND JEWEL PRINT RUN TRUE TO SIZE. LINK HERE!

Had to get mine before they sold out. Use code MAY1 for 25% off!

OKAY I GOT THE GALAXY ONE YAY. In a 22, so fingers crossed it fitsss!

I was so excited I nearly forgot the coupon code! Lucky I remembered!

i would say order your normal dress size if you are getting the galaxy or jewel print! according to their size chart i would order a size or two up too, but my normal size 18 fit well.

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:39:05 +0930

Ah! Thanks! Yeah, I was going to get the Galaxy fatkini! :) I felt a bit conflicted as to which way to go, but I mean I can always exchange it if I need to! I’ve been COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS until your swimsuits were released! :) Thanks!

FOR ANYONE AWAKE, MY SWIMSUITS ARE UP ON THE WEBSITE NOW TO BUY!!!!!

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:17 +0930

roxxieyo:

gabifresh:

NEON SUITS RUN LARGE IN MY OPINION. SIZE DOWN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LARGE BUST. GALAXY AND JEWEL PRINT RUN TRUE TO SIZE. LINK HERE!

Had to get mine before they sold out. Use code MAY1 for 25% off!

I want but the size chart is confusing me! According to my measurements I am a 24W (or Aussie size 28) but those.. arent… the sizes I buy… and now I am confused. Should I buy a 20 or 22 (the sizes I get clothes in from Torrid), or trust the size chart and get the 24W?!