A fat white woman with shoulder-length brown hair leans and hangs onto a chain-link fence with big industrial pipes behind her. She's wearing a long-sleeved crop top, jeans and sunglasses.

“When I see women supporting women, it is so inspiring to me.”

ByLindley Ashline

“When I see women supporting women, it is so inspiring to me. So when I saw somebody wearing something that I never thought I could, and other people – women or men – being like “that’s amazing.. you should wear what you want..” , that really inspired me to wear what I wanted and not hold back.” » @Jewelzjourney on Instagram

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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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