Quick Resources: How to Start on Body Kindness
Here are seven quick resources to start learning about body kindness and putting it into practice.
As long as women are in competition with one another to have the “best” body, we all lose.
“As long as we live in a culture that tells women that being admired and desired for the way we l…
Reframe your body: Luscious | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Reframe your body: Worthy | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Reframe your body: Like an ocean | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Reframe your body: Of size | Body image resources for plus-size people
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 topics: Hobbies + body image + being kinder to ourselves
This week in the Body Liberation Blanket Fort we’re talking about hobbies and how they affect body image, and journaling about how we can be kinder to ourselves. The Body Liberation Blanket Fort is my body-positive, fatphobia-free community space on Discord. It’s open to people of all sizes (though we center fat folks) and is…
Reframe your body: Juicy | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Reframe your body: Unapologetically itself | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Truths about my body | Positive body image for plus-size and fat people
My humanity gives me inherent worth. My body is worthy because it’s mine. My body deserves love, attention, and care no matter what. My body is worthy no matter its health status. My body is worthy no matter its age. My body can “pull off” anything I want to put on it. My body and…
Reframe your body: Zaftig
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Reframe Your Body: Extra Curvy | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
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.
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.
{body image} You are worthy of rest.
You are worthy of rest. Up until a couple of years ago, I was forever getting sick, mostly colds and respiratory stuff. Once I got it, I’d be miserable for weeks, and if a cough settled in, well, it was staying for at least a month. So I was sick basically all the time. I…
{changing the world} Thin privilege is being held to lower dress and grooming standards to look “acceptable.”
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Reframe your body: Blooming
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Thin privilege is not being told you’ll never find love or romance until you change your body size.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
I wish I could just talk about loving your body.
I wish I could just talk about loving your body. I really do, y’all. I would be perfectly content to post pretty photos and talk about why you should paint your stretch marks with glitter. (Which is totally worth doing, by the way.) But I can’t reconcile myself to staying safe and dainty and quiet….
Reframe your body: Lush
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
We live in a society that pressures fat people to self harm in order to survive.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Thin privilege is never having to choose between wearing a seat belt or a coat.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
It’s hard to love your fat butt when it doesn’t fit in an airplane seat.
One of the things I consistently hear from folks in larger bodies is that they can make a certain amount of progress on their body acceptance journeys, but then get tripped up by infrastructure.
Reframe your body: Ample
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Thin privilege is not having your body automatically medicalized or pathologized by healthcare professionals.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Reframe your body: Thick
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
What would your life look like if you minded your own body business?
Your worth is not dependent on your health. That meme about how “your weight is not your worth” goes around a lot, and it’s true! But your health is also not your worth. You don’t gain worthiness points for being closer to the pop culture vision of “health.” and you don’t lose worthiness points for…
Thin privilege is being held to lower dress and grooming standards to look “acceptable” socially, professionally or in public.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
What would your life look like if you minded your own body business?
What would your life look like if you just…didn’t worry about what other people’s bodies looked like or were doing? What could you focus on if you didn’t feel the need to judge the clothing or body size or expression of the people walking past you in public? What might it look like if the…
Reframe your body: Ample | Body image resources for plus-size people
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
Introducing Reframe Fridays
The words we use to talk about our bodies are so important, because how we describe our bodies dictates how we see our bodies.
{Podcast Month} Sarah Thunell on Kids, Body Image and Health at Every Size
Today I’m asking body-positive and Health at Every Size®-aligned nanny and parent consultant Sarah @bodypositiveparenting all about her job, including: 🚸 What does a body-positive nanny do? What does #HAES have to do with it? 🚸 What should parents look for in a nanny who will help their kids grow up with a positive body image? 🚸 What Sarah…
Body-Positive Journaling Prompt #55: My Body as a Partner
Here’s something to think and write about in this coming week: Is it possible for me to consider my body as a partner, rather than an adversary? What might that look like? You’re welcome to share your answers here (as long as they meet the space boundaries in my pinned stories) or write them down…
Body-Positive Journaling Prompt #56: Showing up fully in the world
Here’s something to think and write about in this coming week: If you were able to show up fully in the world, without body shame, what might that mean for other people in your world? You’re welcome to share your answers on the Instagram post (as long as they meet the space boundaries in my…
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Inclusive and Diverse Marketing in Yoga & Fitness Spaces: A NEDA and YBIC Roundtable Discussion (video with transcript)
I was honored to recently be part of a roundtable series, a collaboration between the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and Yoga & Body Image Coalition (YBIC), called Growing & Thriving Together: A Roundtable Series on Diversity, Inclusivity & Accessibility in Yoga and Fitness Spaces. The discussion for which I was a panelist focused on…
Ask a Fat Ally: Artist Theresa Baxter
Theresa is an illustrator and creative entrepreneur with a background in art therapy and psychology. She is passionate about the power of creative business and art and design as tools for radical paradigm shift. She believes that we can change ourselves and our world through representation. Tell me about you! What’s your name? What pronouns…
Ask a Fat Creator: Yoga Therapist and Artist Manager Krystal Thompson
Krystal Thompson of The Luscious Life helps people struggling with their relationship with their body and their relationship with food. Working as a Yoga Therapist over the past 9 years, she has been dedicated to educating, empowering and assisting individuals so that they can take an active role in their healing and wellness. Lately her…
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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.”…
What happened when I stopped being ashamed of my body
Would you call your best friend ugly? Would you tell her she looks terrible in every outfit she owns? Would you feel guilty every time your friend took the day off, or chose to eat dessert, or got sick? Of course not. So why would you do that to your body, on which you depend…
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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…