Reframe your body: Large-bodied | Body-positive portrait photographer in Seattle, WA
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
This week’s journaling and brave learning topics in the Body Liberation Blanket Fort
Over in the Blanket Fort, we’re journaling about being camera shy, and talking about what makes a good (and bad) apology. The Body Liberation Blanket Fort is my closed, diet-talk-free community. It’s open to all, and we center fat folks and other marginalized groups. All you need to get access is to support my work…
Happy Pride Month
Happy Pride, loves. I see you. I’m proud of you. You deserve every good thing. You have shed a thousand skins to become the person you are today. And if you ever feel overwhelmed by the many people you once were, remember, your bones have grown, but what makes them has never changed. » Nikita…
Body Liberation Blanket Fort & Patreon | Changing the World | Health at Every Size | Resource Guides
Now available to Patreon supporters: Health at Every Size® Library
New benefit for supporters! The Body Liberation Photos Health at Every Size® library contains 2,000+ articles, pieces of research and resources for fat activists, HAES healthcare providers and fat allies. This library is just one of the many benefits of supporting Body Liberation Photos, from stock photo credits to exclusive resources to free workbooks. Supporters also…
Body Liberation Photos COVID Policy | Seattle fat-positive boudoir, photography and small business photo sessions
Our mutual safety is my top priority. There is no penalty or fee for rescheduling due to not feeling well or a positive COVID test result at any time right up till your session. Please reschedule if you are not feeling well, have been exposed to COVID or have any positive results or other contagious…
Reframe your body: Beautiful
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
{Listen} What Happened in the HAES® Spaces—a conversation with Lindley Ashline and Shelby Gordon
I recently went on the RD Real Talk podcast with Heather Caplan and Shelby Gordon to talk about what’s been going on in Health at Every Size® this year, and where we go from here. Here’s the episode description from Heather: A LOT has happened in the Health at Every Size® and weight-inclusive communities since Marquisele…
Get a copy of my workshop How to Run a Body-Inclusive Business
This is a copy of one of my slides from the How to Run a Body-Inclusive Business workshop I did for Every BODY Belongs in Bozeman last week. Want the full recording? The Eating Disorder Center of Montana is making it available free for folks who sign up for their newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/edcmt/community-newsletter-sign-up. Please also…
May 18: Tune in to Lindley at Every BODY Belongs in Bozeman
On May 18 (this Wednesday), I’m talking about building size-inclusive businesses for Everybody Belongs in Bozeman (Montana), though you don’t have to be in Montana to tune in. The “Every BODY Belongs in Bozeman” campaign is a week-long community initiative and fundraiser, taking place May 15-21st, 2022, during Mental Health Awareness month. The week will include…
May 19: Fat Girls Hiking + Lindley at Third Place Books
This Thursday, May 19, I’ll be at Third Place Books (masked) with Summer Michaud-Skog in Lake Forest Park, just north of Seattle, WA. I’m excited to be stepping in for this free event to ask Summer some questions about her brand-new book Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or…
Thin privilege is not having to think about whether you’ll fit.
Thin privilege is not having to think about whether you’ll fit. What if you had to plan every time you left home? What if you had to pause at the door of every store or restaurant to see if there would be enough space to move or a place you could sit? What if you…
Small Business Portraits with Soren Stone | Seattle LGBT-friendly business branding photographer
I was trimming my spider plant (not a euphemism) this morning and realized I hadn’t yet posted these images I created for Soren! Soren Stone is queer, trans and polyamorous, and runs Queer Therapy WA. I love this part of their website: “My clients are fun, sensitive, out-of-the-box thinkers who don’t want to have to…
{body image} Body positive journaling prompt #22
Here is this week’s body-positive journaling prompt from Body Liberation Photos.
{the daily fat} Fat people deserve access to abortion, Plan B and contraceptives.
I’m still over a month behind on all my work due to waves hand at the HAES events of 2022, and I’m still a high-risk person trying to survive a pandemic, so I have nothing intelligent to say about the Supreme Court trashing Roe v. Wade except: Abortion is a human right Abortion cannot be…
Body Liberation Portraits: Xia’s River & Coffeehouse Session
Here’s a look at a recent session with Xia, who’s recently divorced and is reconnecting with her body, confidence, heritage and interests. Xia loves wild-water swimming, but it was a bit early in the year here for her to enjoy getting in the water for her session, so we chose a beautiful spot next to…
{body image} Body positive journaling prompt #9 | Seattle portrait and boudoir photography
Here is this week’s body-positive journaling prompt from Body Liberation Photos.
Packing up some Body Love Shop orders to go to their new homes!
Packing up some Body Love Shop orders to go to their new homes! Backstock supplies of Body Love Boxes are still on clearance sale as well.
{the daily fat} Fat bodies are a reflection of shapes and textures all around us in the natural world.
If you live in a fat body, does your body reflect any of the shapes in this photograph? Any of these textures?
16 ways to carry Health at Every Size forward
One of the transgressions of which Mikey Mercedes, ASDAH leadership and I have been accused is of “capitalizing” on the events of the last month for publicity and profit. (Those events, in case you’re coming to this late, can be found here.) Not only should Mikey and I, as professionals and experts, have the opportunities…
IT’S HERE — my first ever retreat!
I’m partnering with Laura Burns of Radical Body Love and we’re bringing you four days of spacious rest just for fat folks on the beautiful Hood Canal here in Washington state. We designed the Exhale Retreat to let you take a long, deep breath out and inhale connection, rest, and ease. Exhale will be held…
