the size issue

Ever notice how size - whether you're curvy or petite - takes up just enough time in editorial thought for one annual issue of a magazine?

Here we realize that the messages that are being sent every day create a whole lot of Size Issues. And other issues. Editorials, articles, commercials and even our own communities tell us things about acceptable body diversity every day. We like to celebrate when these things are broken down, and the way we can celebrate ourselves.

And of course, people are welcome to submit!

chubby-bunnies:

My daddy and I on the day of prom. :) I felt so beautiful and amazing and sexy that day. I felt better than I had felt in ages. It made me realize it’s silly to waste time hating yourself, when you could be loving who you are. I’m going to try to feel good about myself everyday and love my body and myself. It’s time to make a change. Everyone is beautiful, whether they’re a size 00 or size 44W. It doesn’t matter. You have to make the most of it and the sooner you see the beauty in yourself, the happier you will be. This blog has helped spark that in me, so thank you!

Stunning!

Camera: Nikon COOLPIX L24
Aperture: f/3.1
Exposure: 1/30th
Focal Length: 6mm

our-skin:

A really badass and totally fun woman talks about her experiences with vitiligo.

This young woman is absolutely beautiful and fun and effervescent — and unbelievably optimistic even when people are obnoxious. I want to hang out with her!

TW: dermatillomania

our-skin:

So, I felt like doing my make-up and taking pictures of myself (you know the feeling)… and I had my own little photo shoot and then I started freaking out because I don’t have photoshop on this computer and I can’t erase my derma scars. And I’ve just come so far with loving my big fat body, my uneven boobs, my shaved head, but I can’t accept my scars. I feel the need to hide them from the world, erase them, pretend they aren’t there.

But I can be myself here. On this tumblr. Fully show you all what I look like. So, ya know, thanks. <3

Q

I hope this is okay to reblog from our-skin (because of your last line) - I think you’re beautiful and it’s excellent to see someone being okay with themselves as-is, and that’s important for other people to see too :)

Camera: Canon PowerShot A495
Aperture: f/3
Exposure: 1/50th
Focal Length: 37mm

"Fat people who love themselves scare the shit out of people who don’t love themselves. Even fat people who are TRYING to love themselves scare the shit out of people who can’t do the same. We force people to have to look at why they hate their bodies because we are “supposed” to hate ours and we don’t. And sometimes they have no idea what to do with that, so they act like assholes."

— Tigress Osborn (via cuntbarf)

(Source: erinkyan)

chubby-bunnies:

Don’t delete because I look Young!. Many kids call me fatass, but I’m one fatass that loves herself, and is determined to move on.

United states : Size 20/22 and proud ♥

Good for you!

8eyedspy:

ALL DAY EVERY DAY

(Source: kateordie)

chubby-bunnies:

I’ve always avoided white because of my size but today I decided to try on a white sun dress at TJ Maxx. I ended up loving it, and I bought it! So here is a photo of me in my first white sun dress! It’s super flowy and soft and can’t wait for the weather to be warm enough to wear it!

I am a USA size 20/22.

You are super pretty and I love your dress! I always thought that white rule was stupid.

Camera: SONY DSC-HX100V
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60th
Focal Length: 4mm

nova-bright:

sharpestrose:

katemonkeyville:

This is my photoshoot at Flashes and Lashes, a Nottingham-based photographer and make-up artist event.

Normally, I mostly look like this.

So you can imagine how freaky it is to see photos like the ones above.

cutie cutie cutie you look utterly stunning

These are such great photos and omg that dress I need it to live

Gorgeous!

stophatingyourbody:

Hi all, I’m Kate. Long time lurker on this wonderful blog. It’s so inspirational. I love to see everyone’s posts and how everyone is unique in their own skin and all absolutely beautiful.

I have suffered from body image issues ever since I could remember. It’s been hard for me to accept who I am, what I look like and my flaws. It came to a point where I told myself enough is enough.

This blog made me realize that imperfections make you perfect and I shouldn’t be ashamed of anything. Not of my cellulite on my legs, not of my body hair on my stomach, not of my small breasts.

I have always disliked the bottom half of my body. I’ve called it terrible things, including wobbly, big, jiggly and fat as have others. But now, I appreciate my wobbly parts, accept my flaws and ignore the hateful comments.

I’ve grown to like my thighs, I call them juicy! I’ve come to learn how to appreciate and love my body by seeing others do the same.

Love the skin you’re in, you deserve to feel great about yourself.

BE BRAVE! JOIN THE BODY PEACE REVOLUTION!

Camera: Nikon COOLPIX L120
Aperture: f/3.1
Exposure: 1/1th
Focal Length: 4mm

our-skin:

i am woman that has thick, dark hair all over my body, and it has been there since puberty. i have been ashamed of my own body for over ten years because society, doctors, family members, etc all have told me that a woman with so much body hair is wrong. i am so sick of hiding myself because of shame and fear. i am so tired of avoiding intimacy. i hope posting anonymously will be my first step into embracing ALL parts of my body - not just the fat, the stretch marks, the acne, the chub rub — but also all of my HAIR.

I just found our-skin and I think it’s great. It’s literally a place to celebrate skin and its imperfections. Scars, dermatillomania scabs, acne, eczema, cysts, stretch marks, hives, hair, dark spots. Everything you can think of. And a good handful of advice, too! I would definitely give it a hearty trigger warning for self harm but it’s quite beautiful and often useful.

Body hair is one of the most hated things around for no reason - so I’m glad this woman is learning to love herself. Fuck being afraid, fuck being perfect. We are all imperfect, and we are all beautiful.

chubby-bunnies:

This is my second submission here.
I did this collage to brighten up a less than sunny day.
Im sharing this because it makes me feel amazing that i can actually look at a picture and find everything i LIKE as opposed to everything i DISLIKE.
Learning to love myself and my body!
19yrs old, 5’3, 215lbs, US 16-18
Follow, ask, and chat: sunshinelolo.tumblr.com
<3

chubby-bunnies:

The smile …

[Also posted on No Shame. Just Love]

A new friend of mine has been helping me get through some pretty heavy stuff recently, so when I felt good after reading her emails again, I took a photo of this and I thought I might share my smile … size 16-18 Aus, 5”3’, chubby and beginning to love myself :) [submitted by thevampyone]

loveisfluid:

fattiesinlove:

pensandpaper:

c4d3nz4:

So.. I find myself in a position where perhaps I don’t feel I am being completely honest with myself. I’ve grown a lot. And I thought that I really loved my body… and then I sat down with my camera today, completely naked, without makeup, fresh out of the shower and was actually a little bothered by the things showing up in pictures.
Stretch marks, fat rolls, blemishes, dark marks… they are all a part of me so why am I so bothered by them?
So I’ll post them and share them. And continue to come to terms with the fact that I am still growing and learning to love my body as it is and not just how I can make it appear.

<333

Bodies are awesome. Learning to live with the fact that your body is not an airbrushed magazine cover is super awesome.

Look at this fucking body warrior. She is beautiful, honest and inspiring. This is what women (identified folks) need to see- other women (identified folks), outside the pages of magazines, naked in a non-sexual way. Every body is different, every body is lovely.What beauty.

Beautiful.
I need to do this. I’m a little shy of nude just because — the internet! — which is not to say anything bad about those who do, actually more that you all are braver than I am, haha. But the reasons I haven’t taken pictures of myself just chillin in my underwear is because of things like the things that were holding you back — that there still are minute details of my body that bother me; things like dark marks or hair or what have you even more so than asymmetry or fat. This reminds me that I should love all of me and that all of me is beautiful. If I can see it in someone else I can see it in me.
So thank you for this, because you are beautiful and so am I and so is everyone else. Even if it’s not in a picture I definitely encourage other people to examine their bodies and admire them, come to terms with what they are afraid of.

loveisfluid:

fattiesinlove:

pensandpaper:

c4d3nz4:

So.. I find myself in a position where perhaps I don’t feel I am being completely honest with myself. I’ve grown a lot. And I thought that I really loved my body… and then I sat down with my camera today, completely naked, without makeup, fresh out of the shower and was actually a little bothered by the things showing up in pictures.

Stretch marks, fat rolls, blemishes, dark marks… they are all a part of me so why am I so bothered by them?

So I’ll post them and share them. And continue to come to terms with the fact that I am still growing and learning to love my body as it is and not just how I can make it appear.

<333

Bodies are awesome. Learning to live with the fact that your body is not an airbrushed magazine cover is super awesome.

Look at this fucking body warrior. She is beautiful, honest and inspiring. This is what women (identified folks) need to see- other women (identified folks), outside the pages of magazines, naked in a non-sexual way. Every body is different, every body is lovely.
What beauty.

Beautiful.

I need to do this. I’m a little shy of nude just because — the internet! — which is not to say anything bad about those who do, actually more that you all are braver than I am, haha. But the reasons I haven’t taken pictures of myself just chillin in my underwear is because of things like the things that were holding you back — that there still are minute details of my body that bother me; things like dark marks or hair or what have you even more so than asymmetry or fat. This reminds me that I should love all of me and that all of me is beautiful. If I can see it in someone else I can see it in me.

So thank you for this, because you are beautiful and so am I and so is everyone else. Even if it’s not in a picture I definitely encourage other people to examine their bodies and admire them, come to terms with what they are afraid of.

(Source: fat-and-naked)

queerfatfemme:

Great campaign by Marilyn Wann to end hate speech against fat kids under the guise of “health.” Send in your photos!

marilynwann:

Stand4Kids

Here’s my response to the fat-hating ads in Georgia. Please reblog! I want the world to know that I stand up to weight bullies!

If you want to Stand4Kids too, send me your photo and we’ll create an ad about what you STAND for, so you can tell the world. ALSO: Join the Facebook group, here, and learn about the project to buy a real billboard in Georgia!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/344255848935079/

Camera: Samsung SCH-I510
Aperture: f/2.65
Exposure: 1/30th
Focal Length: 4mm

(Source: -destitute.tumblr.cm)

Camera: SONY DSLR-A390
Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 1/4th
Focal Length: 26mm