I was 11 when I learnt all about stretch marks. That they mean you are fat, and these marks will be there for everyone to know you are a fat person. My mum was looking at the marks on my arms, quite worried about some sort of strange rash I might have. At school I showed my "strange" marks to a friend. She calmly told me that they're just stretch marks, something you get if … [Read more...]
Loose Skin, Stretch Marks, and Cellulite, Oh My: How I Gathered the Courage to Disrupt My Self-Hatred
This article originally appeared in Rarely Wears Lipstick under the title "Fat Bodies, Uneven Skin, and the Courage to Disrupt" and is reprinted by permission from the writer. Content note: this article contains detailed references to body shame, including slang terms for features ascribed to fat bodies and wishes of weight loss, that may be triggering for some … [Read more...]
5 Conventionally Unattractive Parts of My Body that I Find Super Attractive
We all know how difficult it can be to feel attractive, when we are often made to feel like we are not. Whether it is advertising, mainstream media, or the meaner members of our family, it can seem like we are constantly bombarded with information on how unappealing certain features of our bodies are, and how we might go about ‘fixing’ them (for a ‘perfectly reasonable’ sum of … [Read more...]
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