Every human body is worthy of being seen, no matter whether it is “healthy.”
{Image: A fat white person with shirt drawn up to show their belly. Their belly has red sores on it.}
Every Monday, I send out my Body Liberation Guide, a thoughtful email jam-packed with resources for changing the way you see your own body and the bodies you see around you. And it’s free.
Back in December, it was my absolute pleasure to photograph fat athlete and activist Ragen Chastain in Portland, Oregon. She’s written a lovely blog post about her experience — check it out!
It’s always a delight when other artists use my work as inspiration! This lovely piece she named “Mermaid Reading” is by artist Barbara Gadon, and you can find more of her work at https://artbybgvisuals.com. The second image is my original photograph (used with permission, which I prefer). My photograph is available as a stock photo…
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…
Recently, I talked a little bit about the risks of movement in a larger body. In Ms. H’s hula dance portraits, you can see that the reward for her taking that risk is a beautiful, skilled, graceful performance. Through her Instagram, Danielle Bex also demonstrates daily how joyful movement can be.
