What’s up with #normalizenormalbodies?

ByLindley Ashline September 19, 2021September 19, 2021

In which I talk about the hashtag #normalizenormalbodies and whether it’s a good thing.

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Lindley Ashline

Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.

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Phedre Devereaux: Your Instincts are Correct- What’s Happening in Palestine is Not Okay

ByLindley Ashline November 19, 2023November 20, 2023

My heart remains so heavy for the Palestinian civilians being slaughtered in Gaza. A population already made up of 50% children, which speaks to the violence they have endured for so long now. And heavy for Jews, particularly those in the diaspora, who have no say in what the government of Israel does and are…

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{The Body Liberation Guide} Do plus-size passengers deserve a bigger seat on a plane?

ByLindley Ashline July 19, 2023July 25, 2023

An image I created at the 2019 NAAFA convention in Las Vegas, NV. Browse stock photos of fat people» The subject line of this email – Do plus-size passengers deserve a bigger seat on a plane? – is the title of an article in the Dallas Morning News in which I was quoted this week. The article itself is pretty…

AAAAAAAAA! I’ve done my first published book blurb!

ByLindley Ashline July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

AAAAAAAAA! I’ve done my first published book blurb, and it’s for Amanda Martinez Beck’s excellent new book More of You! Here’s what I wrote (plus extra text that was cut for length): “More of You grapples with some of the central conflicts of today’s body liberation movements. Beck’s religion informs her writing as she reconciles…

A fat woman's back is shown in black and white, with rolls, stretch marks and other skin texture.

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Let’s talk about research.

ByLindley Ashline October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Let’s talk about research. When it comes to weight and health, everyone’s a scientist. People who haven’t picked up a textbook in twenty years are suddenly confident that they know more about fat people’s bodies than the fat people themselves do. What’s more, they know just what fat people should be doing (or not doing)…

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Thin privilege is having medications like Plan B formulated for your body.

ByLindley Ashline September 8, 2021September 8, 2021

Did you know that Plan B (also known as the morning-after pill) is only effective for people who weigh 155 pounds or less? Fat people are left out of medical testing, equipment design, research and medication dosages. Privilege is unearned, but it’s not something you need to feel bad or guilty about. Let’s work to…

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{activism} Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous.

ByLindley Ashline March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous. Any sort of visibility whatsoever — from walking down the street to posting a selfie online — is considered dangerous because we might encourage others to look like us. (See: “glorifying o*”) Our bodies are considered, against all actual evidence, to be inherently diseased,…

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