Why is it that a woman who’s starved herself to the bone gets sympathy for her eating disorder, but men with bigorexia are seen as narcissistic and arrogant? Along those same lines, a morbidly obese [...]
It keeps happening: Influencers blaming society for programming them to think they MUST have skinny arms or their life will be doomed. […]
I never liked my nose. This wasn’t because of what anyone ever said. It was because of what I had always seen in the mirror. My perception had nothing to do with “beauty standards” any more [...]
Prevent needless anxiety and simply DON’T wear a bikini if this troubles you or puts you on edge. There's no shame in wearing one-piece swimwear. There's an entire army of women who have needlessly subjected [...]
Nobody “taught” me to hate obesity. I think independently and actually challenge many societal norms. […]
Thin may very well be more realistic than morbidly obese. Think of how difficult it’d be for a straight-size or thin woman to eat enough to get fat. […]
This autistic woman hopes that the fad of 2 second body transformations soon goes out with the bathwater. […]
Are you millimeters from crossing over to fat acceptance after years of struggling to lose weight? […]
Should a school teacher slip in fat acceptance instruction any chance she gets, disguising this as teaching her assigned coursework such as reading? […]
Confused by the TikTok and Instagram talk by women of all sizes shaming overweight women who want to lose weight? It’s time to listen to your doctor. […]
We need to stop the trend of influencers begging people not to use a GLP-1. Such influencers are spreading medical misinformation and harmful rhetoric. […]
Why is there still so much shock that Instagram influencers manipulate their pictures to look thinner, smoother or in some other way flawless? […]
Scroll through Instagram or TikTok and you’ll find many body image and mental health influencers sharing stories of “healing journeys.” […]
I walked into the gym’s locker room and saw a woman with an Instagram body posing in a mirror, the kind you see by influencers with massive followings. […]
My older sister told me, “You either gain weight or lose weight in college; you never stay the same.” […]
It’s okay to think it’s bizarre that a woman who’s always been slender gets triggered by GLP-1 ads popping up. […]
“Bodies change” is a popular excuse for adopting eating habits that lead to obesity and avoiding or stopping exercise which contributes to excess weight. […]
They insist they don’t promote obesity because they never say “Get fat” or “Gain 100 pounds.” […]
It’s gotten so old: Influencers with “beauty standard” bodies posing unrealistically to look imperfect. […]
The terms “dad bod” and “skinny fat” have been used to refer to a particular kind of physique in men – though skinny fat can also be applied to women. […]
A fat body is more unattainable than a thin body. A fat body is more unrealistic to achieve than a thin body. […]
Have we not had enough of thinner influencers thinking they’re on to something revolutionary by leaning forward to make fake belly rolls and then telling people even thin bodies have rolls of “fat”? [...]
If it’s wrong to judge a woman’s health if she’s big, why’s it okay to assume a woman is malnourished and eating disordered if her waist is small? […]
To the delusional influencers who call everyone at a gym fatphobic, does this include disabled and elderly patrons for whom exercise has increased their independence and confidence? […]
Influencers need to stop using the iconic Venus figurine as “evidence” being fat was once a beauty standard. […]
Or perhaps gym workouts mean you ARE comfortable in your skin. […]
Stop worrying about bikinis if you’re obese and depressed. Instead, boost your spirits by doing just one exercise — one that’s safe for your joints. […]
At least one morbidly obese influencer speeds up her exercise videos – obviously to trick followers into thinking she could move faster than she’s actually capable. […]
Here are 12 facts you should know about your body fat. These facts are particularly important to those with obesity, especially morbid. No matter how "positive" you may feel about your "today" body, this will [...]
When a superstar influencer gets an Instagram comment of “Obesity isn’t healthy,” defensive followers post back, “Thin people die of heart attacks all the time.” […]
We keep getting "body positivity" shoved down our throat. What about women with homely faces? When's their ship going to come in? Why don’t we see THEM strutting catwalks and getting on covers of magazines? [...]
Every woman needs to work on getting big heavy curves. Trust me, once you have big heavy curves, you will have more confidence than you ever imagined possible. […]
Why doesn’t body inclusivity in the modeling world extend to faces? White, black or Asian, runway models including plus-size have the same face. […]
Under what circumstances can a 300 pound woman be strong, fit and healthy? If she feels this way, is it necessarily true? One might argue that Sarah Robles is strong, fit and healthy because, at [...]
Body image influencers want you to believe that daily weigh-ins mean poor body confidence, no self-love and toxic diet culture. They are wrong. […]
Are you plus size and feeling pressure to wear a bikini or other "daring" clothes due to the body positivity movement? Have influencers convinced you that this is the only way to show the world [...]
Normalizing harmfully overweight bodies has turned lewd. The message by many "body positive" women is that the most important thing is how sexual her body can be. It’s one thing to proudly display some knockout [...]
Actually, a plus size woman’s worth SHOULD depend on her weight. There are different kinds of weight that a woman can use to measure her self-worth and self-confidence. […]
Ogechi Akalegbere embraces the heavy weight she carries … but with a huge twist. You can actually be a plus size woman who gets a lot of POSITIVE attention for carrying a lot [...]
There’s a way for plus size women to instantly look great in tight belts. This is NOT about reprogramming your self-worth. […]
