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.
🏧 I am more than just a fat activist.
I wrote this in a moment of frustration recently and wanted to share it even though it’s not really meant for my folks here, because the very nature of a blog is to be consumed. To be clear, lurking is fine! No one owes me interactions or a relationship. But there are an awful lot…
Our bodies have worth beyond comfort
Our fat 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….
👗 Supporting companies that don’t carry your size
Turns out I didn’t have enough spoons to both record this AND write a nice post for it, so in summary: 👗 Fabletics👗 Old Navy👗 Supporting companies that don’t carry your size👗 @saucyewest👗 #fightforinclusivity👗 I still have way more of a southern accent than I realized
Ask Lindley: How can I live in a world that hates my fat body?
Ask Lindley: How can I live in a world that hates my fat body?
How to take laughing photos, and why it matters
When I’m working with clients to create images during my body- and fat-positive photography sessions outside Seattle, I always try to get some laughing photos! Laughing is joyful, it loosens us up and helps us relax, and it gives us a different perspective on ourselves. Posed shots are nice as well, but how often do…
Watch: My trick for handling social anxiety at events
I promised I’d make more videos, but speaking off the cuff makes me so nervous! So I’m sharing a trick I recently learned for helping myself AND other people feel more comfortable in social situations. Click through and watch it on Instagram for closed captions/subtitles. I’m a photographer, writer and fat acceptance activist. Dive deep…
Fat people MUST be treated as the experts on our own lives, bodies and oppression.
Fat people MUST be treated as the experts on our own lives, bodies and oppression. Must. Here are 5 reasons to learn about weight stigma from fat people. 1. Learning about weight stigma from people with thin privilege deprives the people most affected by fat hatred of the opportunity to speak authentically about our lived…
“How do I get people to stop dieting or being fatphobic?” | Ask Lindley
Ultimately, you can’t change hearts and minds that don’t want to change. Here’s how to convince people to stop dieting or being fatphobic.
Where to find bathing suits over a size 32
One of the best things about summer is water: swimming, splashing, wading, dancing, drinking, flavoring, floating, fishing, boating, or soaking in it! The larger your clothing size, though, the more challenging it can be to find a swimsuit you find comfortable or beautiful. For folks who wear clothing sizes larger than are generally carried at…
🐙 I don’t want to reclaim Ursula
I don’t want to reclaim Ursula. Released in 1989, Disney’s animated movie The Little Mermaid struck me at a formative time in my life. Ariel hit me right in the heart. Open and sunny and earnest and curious and longing, both of us. Both of us yearning for unexplored territory. Isolated in rural North Carolina…
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.
A culture of compensation
I recently talked about how people who are privileged in a particular area often expect people who are marginalized in that area to educate them, give them ideas and even fix their organizations for free. I’m also thinking about people like Ragen Chastain, who answer literally thousands of emails per month to provide free labor…
Unpacking Weight Stigma II: Creating More Equitable Groups
I’ve produced another workbook! This one is for everyone who’s ever run, or tried to run, a group (whether online, like a Facebook group, or in person). Running a support or special-interest group of any kind — online or offline — is one of the kindest things we can do for our fellow humans. Though…
40+ Larger Fat Instagram Accounts You Should Be Following
Need the body image boost that comes with getting used to bodies like yours? Here are 40+ accounts of fat influencers, models, and everyday folks to follow on Instagram.
Stop saying that weight loss doesn’t solve anything.
Here’s one concrete action you can take to help end weight stigma: Stop saying that weight loss doesn’t solve anything. And I’m going to need you to read alllll the way to the end of this post before you @ me, because I am not jumping on the diet wagon here. Does intentional weight loss…
Why fat folks don’t want to help make your organization inclusive
Image description: A fat white woman in a short-sleeved red dress sits in front of a stone wall and shrugs. There’s a pattern I’ve seen displayed dozens of times by people and organizations who are asked to walk their talk about size inclusivity, and it goes something like this: Invalidation or gaslighting of the fat…
20+ Truly Inclusive Plus-Size Clothing Brands
In a world where clothing companies constantly claim to be inclusive, it can be hard to tell what is actually inclusive, especially if you don’t wear plus sizes yourself. Full clothing inclusivity requires carrying up to at least a 12X/size 40 U.S., ideally with a custom sizing option. (And, even more ideally, with options for…
Huzzah! You saved the princess.
Image description: A fat white woman stands on a city street corner in a silver dress and cape. Buy a similar stock photo >> It’s a story as old as time: Someone sees an injustice in the world and bands together with a small group of friends to fix it. The princess is locked in…
Product Drop: CPAP Proud Buttons and Stickers
Image description: Two sets of buttons and a set of stickers. One set of buttons and the stickers have an illustration of a CPAP machine; the other buttons have an illustration of a cute sleep mask. All of them say, CPAP Proud. End image description. One in 15 Americans has sleep apnea, but we don’t talk…
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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,…
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Now available: Body Liberation Quote Library
Image description: A photo of a fat person silhouetted against a sunset along with a thin crowd, lifting a fist defiantly, behind text that reads, “Body Liberation Quote Library from Body Liberation Photos.” End image description. For years, people have been asking me where I get all the quotes I include in my social media…
The exclusion of returning to the office is intended.
Image description: A low, tree-covered island is silhouetted against a bright sky and calm water. As the extreme pressure from employers to return to the office (for white-collar work) begins, remember: 1. Offices are designed to exclude minorities, particularly those who are neurodivergent and/or mobility limited. 2. When remote work primarily benefited those populations, companies…
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.
State of the sleep, May 11
When I developed sleep apnea suddenly in 2020 during a series of major dental work, I had no idea that getting diagnosis and treatment would become a many-months-long saga. I’m returning to, and sharing, some updates I wrote for friends and family along the way to help break down the stigma around sleep apnea and…
State of the sleep, May 4
When I developed sleep apnea suddenly in 2020 during a series of major dental work, I had no idea that getting diagnosis and treatment would become a many-months-long saga. I’m returning to, and sharing, some updates I wrote for friends and family along the way to help break down the stigma around sleep apnea and…
State of the sleep, April 28
When I developed sleep apnea suddenly in 2020 during a series of major dental work, I had no idea that getting diagnosis and treatment would become a many-months-long saga. I’m returning to, and sharing, some updates I wrote for friends and family along the way to help break down the stigma around sleep apnea and…
State of the sleep, April 22
When I developed sleep apnea suddenly in 2020 during a series of major dental work, I had no idea that getting diagnosis and treatment would become a many-months-long saga. I’m returning to, and sharing, some updates I wrote for friends and family along the way to help break down the stigma around sleep apnea and…
Everyday Reminders: 11 Body-Positive Stickers and Bookmarks
Everyone deserves to have medical equipment that fits them. Here are 13 extra-large blood pressure cuffs to try out on your extraordinary, worthy large body.
State of the sleep, April 17
Image description: An animation of small waves washing up on the sand behind a driftwood log. Deception Pass, Washington state. When I developed sleep apnea suddenly in 2020 during a series of major dental work, I had no idea that getting diagnosis and treatment would become a many-months-long saga. I’m returning to, and sharing, some…
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.
State of the sleep, April 5
When I developed sleep apnea suddenly in 2020 during a series of major dental work, I had no idea that getting diagnosis and treatment would become a many-months-long saga. I’m returning to, and sharing, some updates I wrote for friends and family along the way to help break down the stigma around sleep apnea and…
Instant thin privilege
Bear with me for a moment while I get a bit nerdy. Trust, there are fat politics coming up, as usual. Especially during these pandemic times, I’ve been spending a great deal of my free time playing a video game called Final Fantasy XIV. It’s a massive multiplayer online game, or MMO, which means that…
An oasis
Image description: A nude fat woman with pale skin walks away down a garden path, a festival mask left discarded behind her. Real talk: I know that the activism component of my business pushes away potential photo session clients. Trust me, you don’t need to tell me. But I started out like almost every other…
It’s time we talked about Brené Brown.
Here’s one simple action you can take to help end discrimination against fat bodies this week: Believe fat people when we say something is fatphobic, specifically the works of Brené Brown, Anita Johnston, Geneen Roth and Bessel van der Kolk.
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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…
WATCH: Lindley on living unapologetically with Alissa Rumsey
Image description: A teal square with a chat bubble graphic and the text, “”There are very few people out there who are showing people of my size and bigger that they can be visible too. And it’s just mind-blowing when you finally see a bunch of people that look like you and go, ‘Oh, my…
Five hundred thousand
Content note: COVID-19, weight discrimination in a healthcare setting I had a COVID scare last weekend. On Saturday, I woke up with a sore throat, cough and deep fatigue. My COVID test was negative, but I spent three days isolating in our home as much as possible, resting and contemplating my own mortality. Would this…
New Fine Art Print: Nature Gave Me Wings
Nature gave me wings. Who are you to bid me hide them? There’s a new print of my work available in the Body Love Shop! The woman in this photograph has glorious wings on her arms that she lifts towards the ceiling, looking out a window into a large covered open space, in this black-and-white-photograph. She is fat, has…
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.
Where are all the fat people?
Image description: A plus-size woman poses in front of a sunset-lit city skyline and water with one arm in the air and the other wrapped around it. She’s wearing blue jeans and a black crop top sweater. Once a friend of mine observed that in their daily life, they just felt like they didn’t see…
A space just for us
Image description: Three fat women stand back to back with hands entwined in a grassy park. In a fat-folks-only Zoom call last night, a friend looked around and said, “You know, this is the first time I’ve ever been in a space with only fat folks in it before. It’s wonderful.” It’s necessary and vital…
“Can’t we all just celebrate progress?”
One of the most common pieces of pushback I see against fat acceptance and the need to represent fat and very fat people is, “Why are you so negative? Can’t we all just celebrate all the progress that’s been made? You’re so divisive!” It’s often accompanied by more-enlightened-than-thou comments about wanting to focus on “the good,” as if those of us confronting oppression are somehow more negative than those who want to cover up and ignore it.
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.
The 11 reasons why people hate fat people
Image description: The side rolls of a fat body are shown in a black-and-white photograph, with highly textured skin. An excellent question came up on the Body Liberation Photos Instagram this week: Why does fatphobia exist? Why do people hate and fear fat bodies? Fatphobia — also known as fatmisia, anti-fatness, weight stigma and fat…
New Fine Art Print: The Offering
There’s a new print of my work available in the Body Love Shop! In this fine art photograph, a fat woman with brown skin and long black hair, wearing a sleeveless floral dress and a flower in her hair, is shown from the waist up. She’s holding up one end of a long strand of…
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.
These are the days your body was built for
Image description: A fat woman’s shoulder, side rolls and hip are shown in a black-and-white photograph. During this pandemic, so many people are finding that their bodies, for the first time, are now in the “plus size” or “fatter than I wanted” categories, and are finding it a pretty scary place to be. It’s scary…
One easy way to end weight stigma
Image description: An abstract light blue watercolor background with the words, “Stop appropriating the experiences and oppression of people who are fatter than you.” Lindley’s logo is at the bottom. Here’s one way you can help end weight stigma: Stop appropriating the experiences and oppression of people who are fatter than you. If you live…