17 Body-Positive Stock Photos for Parties and Celebrations
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Body Liberation Stock: Changing the world with body-positive stock photos
I started Body Liberation Stock in 2017, and I’m currently the only person in the world producing positive stock photos of people in very large bodies. Body Liberation stock offers images for commercial use, including: » Social media» Websites» Blog posts» Brochures» Apps» Endless other uses You’ll find images focused on inclusion and diversity in…
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Lindley & Body Liberation Photos
I used to think that I was too fat to be a professional photographer. I thought that no one would hire a fat photographer, that they’d laugh at the very thought. From the safety of my corporate job, I watched people in thin bodies make other thin people’s dream images come true. In 2014, my…
New Body-Positive Stock Photo Collection: Beach Day
New collection at Body Liberation Stock: Beach Day! These high-res, size-inclusive and body-positive images are available for commercial use, including: 🏖️ Social media🏖️ Blogs🏖️ Websites🏖️ Brochures🏖️ Presentations🏖️ Marketing Joyful Movement Stock Photos for Size-Diverse, Anti-Diet & Health at Every Size® Marketing Here are more beautiful photos from the Beach Day collection at Body Liberation Stock,…
📷 Photography is both prescriptive and descriptive
In which I talk about how photography both describes the world as it is and shapes what the world becomes.
✔️ Clearing up a misconception
In which I clear up a misconception that’s come up a few times lately about my photographic work and its relation to Allgo (canweallgo.com).
15 Plus-Size & Size-Diverse Winter & Holiday Stock Photos
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
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“The images we see—or don’t see—matter. They tell us what’s possible.” » Emily Nagoski The more we see unrealistic, idealized people in advertising and the media, the more it makes us doubt the worth of our own bodies, skin colors, looks and orientations. Thankfully, the world is changing. Customers are demanding better from the companies…
Love this photo? You could be using it in your marketing!
“The images we see—or don’t see—matter. They tell us what’s possible.” » Emily Nagoski The more we see unrealistic, idealized people in advertising and the media, the more it makes us doubt the worth of our own bodies, skin colors, looks and orientations. Thankfully, the world is changing. Customers are demanding better from the companies…
Listen: Lindley on how businesses can welcome larger bodies on Massage Business Blueprint
I love digging in and talking about the practical aspects of body liberation, especially when it comes to running a business. On Massage Business Blueprint, Allissa, Michael and I discuss how all types of brick-and-mortar businesses can attract and welcome fat folks as customers and clients, including: How to talk about fat bodies (fat? larger…
Listen: Lindley on the Hell Yeah Techcast with Jenn Hume
Every single time I’m asked to be on a podcast, it’s an honor, but it’s an especially big deal to be the very first guest on an existing podcast! Jenn Hume, owner of Hell Yeah Tech, and I talked on her Hell Yeah Techcast about websites, marketing and inclusive stock photography. Jenn is exactly my…
Love this photo? You could be using it in your marketing!
“The images we see—or don’t see—matter. They tell us what’s possible.” » Emily Nagoski The more we see unrealistic, idealized people in advertising and the media, the more it makes us doubt the worth of our own bodies, skin colors, looks and orientations. Thankfully, the world is changing. Customers are demanding better from the companies…
Love this photo? You could be using it in your marketing!
“The images we see—or don’t see—matter. They tell us what’s possible.” » Emily Nagoski The more we see unrealistic, idealized people in advertising and the media, the more it makes us doubt the worth of our own bodies, skin colors, looks and orientations. Thankfully, the world is changing. Customers are demanding better from the companies…
Love this photo? You could be using it in your marketing!
Download this free, body-positive and Health at Every Size-aligned stock photo pack.
How have you been caring for yourself lately?
I went to the chiropractor this morning and I am wiped, y’all. I’m grateful to have the freedom of a flexible schedule that allows me to lie down for a while, so I’m going to go do that. This much-needed chiro adjustment wasn’t something I particularly wanted to do, but that’s what radical self-care is:…
“When I started to use the word fat as a self-descriptor, people would actually gasp.”
“When I started to use the word fat as a self-descriptor, people would actually gasp as if I had cursed or said something self-hating. If I said, ‘I’m too fat to do that,’ people would interject and say things like, ‘No you’re not fat, you’re beautiful,’ and I’d be so confused. Being fat does not…
How to maintain your own energy in the face of others’ negativity
There was an interesting discussion today in a Facebook group I’m in about how to keep from being sucked into and swallowed by other people’s energy when it’s negative or doesn’t align with your own. Here is my answer.
16 Body-Positive & Size-Diverse Fall & Autumn Stock Photos
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
Our bodies are valuable for more than what they offer other people.
Our bodies are valuable for more than what they offer other people. So often, when people try to come up with something good about fat bodies, the first and only idea is “comfort.” So many folks have fond memories of snuggling with lovely warm soft fat bodies as children, or snuggling their own children. After…
Every time I get into wild water (not a pool or hot tub), it’s a victory over my anxiety disorder.
Content note: Trauma, water fear, injury Every time I get into wild water (not a pool or hot tub), it’s a victory over my anxiety disorder. When I was about 13, I went wading in the ocean at a church camp on the North Carolina coast. I loved ocean swimming and had zero fear. The…
🧘 Featured stock photo collection: Inclusive and body-positive yoga and meditation 🧘
🧘 Featured stock photo collection: Inclusive and body-positive yoga and meditation 🧘 This collection at Body Liberation Stock includes solo and group yoga and meditation images. There’s representation of folks who are fat, BIPOC, have invisible and visible disabilities, have limb differences and more. They’re all available for commercial use in your marketing — from…
15 Body-Positive Stock Photos of Visible Rolls and Bellies
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
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In Conversation with Lindley Ashline – Why Therapists Should Use More Diverse Stock Photos
Image description: Lindley, a fat white woman, stands in front of a brick wall in a heart polka-dot dress. She’s holding a rainbow umbrella and smiling. It’s always a pleasure to speak with Jodie Gale of the Psychosynthesis Centre — did you know we recorded a podcast episode together? — and today we’re talking about…
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A re-introduction
Image description: Lindley, a fat white woman, looking into the camera and smiling. She’s wearing glasses, a pink and blue top and a camera necklace. I created this intro for my Instagram, but why not post it here as well? Let me do a little re-introduction + bring you up to speed. I’m Lindley (she/her,…
That time I took on Whole30 headquarters
Image description: A close-up of a woman’s hand holding a restaurant menu, with her arms and chin in the background. Did I tell you about the time I took on Whole30? One of the dangers of being the only person in the world regularly producing stock images of fat and very fat bodies is that…
16 Summer Stock Photos That Prove EVERY Body is a Bikini Body
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
13 Stock Photos to Use When You Talk About Eating Disorder Recovery
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
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LISTEN: Lindley on the Fashion for All podcast with Mallorie Dunn
Image description: A teal square with a chat bubble and the words, “Fat bodies are just treated as this horrifying mystery in the photography community. And I got mad! Fat people deserve to have somewhere they can come and feel safe and accepted and attractive and worthy.” Lindley’s logo is at the bottom. “Fat people…
New Stock Photo Mini-Collection: Plus-Size Runner
Use these beautiful plus-size running stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
14 Beautiful Plus-Size Pregnancy Stock Photos
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
14 Scale Smashing Stock Photos to Fuel Your Anti-Diet Dreams
Here are 14 photos from the Scale Smashing collection at Body Liberation Stock, the world’s first and best site for high-resolution stock images of large bodies for commercial use.
Finally! Stock photo credits are once again Patreon rewards
After nearly a year of work to move Body Liberation Stock to a new platform, I’m so pleased to announce that stock photo credits will once again become part of the Patreon rewards!
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LISTEN: Lindley on Soul Sessions with Jodie Gale (with transcript)
An under-analyzed part of diet culture is where it intersects with class and socioeconomic status. I talked about this a bit on my episode of Food Psych, and had a chance to explore it in more depth in this discussion with Jodie Gale on the Soul Sessions podcast.
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Based on a True Body: How Running Photos Lie to Us and Why it Matters
Image description: Lindley, a fat white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, glasses and a sleeveless heart-polka-dot dress, stands with her arms raised and resting on each wall of a narrow brick alley. Superimposed on the image are the Fitness Protection logo and the words Body Love with Lindley Ashline. End image description. Photography is both…
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In the Media: Lindley on Real Health Radio
“But what I find so interesting about this whole conversation and about trolls in general is they’re so quick to put the onus on individuals. It could be really alleviating and lift all this fear – I guess except for the fear of change – but it really could alleviate a lot of fear to…
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Fat Artists’ Open House & Overstock Sale December 7-8
Get an edge on your holiday shopping and support fat artists at the first annual at Artists’ Open House & Overstock Sale! We’ll have a range of body-positive and creative goods for you, including: THE BODY LOVE BOX: Overstock boxes from previous months, books, stickers, bookmarks, self-care items, zines, figurines, and art prints Body Liberation…
An open letter to my allies
Allies, HAES providers, body image and body positivity activists, and influencers who live in small and medium-sized bodies: Where are you when a superfat person posts a bikini photo and is rewarded with, not the accolades you receive for your vulnerability and bravery, but uniform disgust? Where are you when fat activists are exhausted at…
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{Guest Post} Glorious Fat People: My Gratitude for Finding Comfort in an Uncomfortable World
This is a guest post from Dawn Clark, who graciously allowed me to share her experience at the National Association for the Advancement of Fat Acceptance, or NAAFA. – Lindley I have been fat most of my life, and if there were one word to describe my fat life thus far, it would be “uncomfortable.”…
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I’m the Official Photographer for Camp Heal 2019
I’m the official photographer for Project HEAL’s Camp Heal 2019! Join us in Angeles National Forest outside Los Angeles this September to help heal your body image. In this video, I’m talking about eating disorder recovery and who has the “right” body for it, why I’m lending my skills to the camp, and my fave…
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Dry Apron Panties: A Review and Interview with Creator CarolAnn Bauer (with Transcript)
***I’m giving away a free pair of Dry Apron Panties! See the video and transcript for details. Contest ends at midnight on Friday, May 31, 2019. You must comment over on Youtube to enter (not here on the blog).*** In a world where living in a fat body is barely discussed, taking care of a…
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Eff Sh*t Up Friday with Dr. Melissa Bird (with Transcript)
What do boudoir photography, subscription boxes and stock photos have in common? What even is a stock photo? How does body liberation play into all this? In this video, I chat with the wonderful Dr. Melissa Bird about all this and more (with transcript).
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Ask a Fat Creator: Sculptor and Artist Chrissy Brown
Chrissy Brown is an artist who works primarily in 3D, and as a fat, disabled, queer, femme she wants to make sure she and others like her feel welcomed to take up space in the world. Her subject is fat liberation and body positivity, and she’s trying to strip away all ‘performance’ we, as fat…
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Holiday Boundary-Setting & Self Care for Fat Folks (15 Resources)
You deserve to have a holiday season that’s happy, not a punishment for being you. For those of us who struggle at the holidays, here are some of the best resources on how to set boundaries, take care of ourselves, and know when to draw the line.
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Bodies in the Media and Why Representation Matters on Femtastic
Katie Breen interviews Lindley Ashline, founder of stock photography website Representation Matters (now Body Liberation Stock). Lindley explains why it’s so important that we see representations of diverse bodies in the media, and how she uses her platform to create stock imagery featuring people in all types of bodies – large bodies, brown and black…
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{body positive} When what’s in the mirror doesn’t match what’s in your mind
Today it’s my pleasure to feature a guest post by Tiana Dodson, a coach and friend who writes about “being fat and winning at life by forgoing the old school belief that you have to be thin to live well and be well.” The images in this post are courtesy Sweet Amaranth. When was the last…