#fat liberation

[bat-kidsarebi-kids]

fatphobes really gave the cutest sweetest most lovely names to fat body parts and then expected us not to be disgusted with them. like i’m sorry but tummy? belly? thunder thighs?? muffin top?? love handles????? out of my way i’m kissing all over those things babeyyy

[canadianfatsexual]

Overhang looking absolutely scrumptious

(posted with consent)

[frankiefux]

I'm gonna be cringe and introduce myself to the void because I need a place where I can be my messy authentic self. I need a place to meet other people who are fat and queer and sad and cooler than the majority of the general population. I need engagement, I need art, I need sex. I need a full face of glitter makeup and a cigarette dangling from my lips. I need dykes, I need three cups of coffee, I need a walk in the woods on a snowy day. I need a fat joint on the porch. I need words, mess, radical acceptance, fun. Who wants to be friends? I'm Frankie by the way.

[fattermatter]

Not feedist at all but if any of you are looking for plus size characters that are just… great people, heroes even in a story- check out “common side effects”!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a, speaking plainly, *fat* character be so clearly & meaningfully written as a hero. The show hasn’t touched on his size at all but his belly is large and protrudes his waistband. It’s always out, and it literally 0% defines him or how people talk to him. It’s an excellent show in its own rights but if you want to see a bigger guy not be a villain, or a comic relief best friend, then *watch* *this* *show*

[twenty-one-kilograms]

Plus sized/ Fat activists have some sort of unusual scarcity survival mindset.

you hear an awful lot of them talking about how they don't eat that much, that they can't diet because then they'll go into starvation mode and they NEED to eat at EVERY hunger que. not only that but there's a never ending complaint that there isn't enough clothes because most common brands only sell up to XXL. at the same time you'll see an influx of plus sized fashion and always have their own style these days. there sre brands that ONLY sell plus size. they complain that there isn't enough clothes for them in thrift stores (some even complain that thin people are buying them all) but they also seemingly admit to hoarding clothing and never donating any of them. I've heard too many complaints about how FAST they can buy their clothes because alot of it is only available online (remember when online shopping was considered the convient option??)

point being. alot of them claim to be anti capitalism and against over consumption but yet they are the MASTERS of it. they drastically overconsume not only food objects but material objects too and are terrified that one day they won't have all the stutt they claim to require.

and I know this is true not only from observations and listening to the things they say but also because when I was knee deep in a BED (BMI 37 size 22 us) a big chunk of it was because I grew up in poverty with very little food and not alot of things so I developed a habit of taking anything I could get. so when I was dumped into a new environment where things were always available for me, that thinking didn't stop.

[nicolletheloverofbooks]

[shopsoftcore]

I was inspired to make this collage because of the unfortunate way the left sometimes focuses on fascists who happen to be fat, as if that is their worst trait. This is a reminder that fatness is not the enemy and that anti-fatness is tied to fascism. I was also inspired by the amazing Porco Rosso and other artists making reference to “better (blank) than a fascist”. 🐷🐳🐮 Featuring the painting Judith slaying Holofernes. 5% of all sales from this design will be donated to NAAFA. Receipts will be shared via newsletter and social media. 🧾 Click the link above to shop the design.

[sitronsangbody]

There's always at least one person who fits any narrative. Like I don't doubt that there are people in existence who would sincerely tell me that they successfully lost lots of weight and their prime motivation was/is shame. Many of them!

That doesn't change the fact that major weight loss has been proven to be unsustainable for the majority of people, or the fact that for most people, shame does not work as motivation. And as an aside, the word "work" is carrying a lot of baggage there.

Ok, shame "worked" as in you got thinner. How's your mental health? How do you view yourself? Do you have symptoms of disordered eating? Do you live in fear of gaining the weight back? How do you treat the fat people around you? Do you allow people to use you as a tool to prop up the idea that weight loss is the best thing for everyone?

As my dad likes to point out, you can get small children to learn just about any skill if you give them enough electric shocks. Results alone do not prove that you used a worthy or acceptable method.

[beau-rebloga-coisas]

The thing about being psychically disabled and fay is that you're constantly uncomfortable/in pain and doctors can't find anything, they will blame it into your weight, so eventually you stop looking so you'll have a random pain one day and then another and you'll be like haha yeah another pain to the pain rooster and complain about it for someone and they'll be like how come you didn't go to the doctor and you are like well you'll see, doctor told every one of my problems was because I am fat so I just accept my body will do random shit and I shall power through it

[freakshop-uk]

fatties against fascism.

[frankiefux]

Get in loser, we're radicalizing

[fatliberation]

reminder that I have a ko-fi page and am posting my long-form essays there.

[twenty-one-kilograms]

the fat liberation community is a cult.

[fatliberationdamnit]

Radical self love is the only reasonable response to fatphobia.

[real-a-anorexia-recovery-journal]

I think something that has helped me a lot is seeking out media that has prominent fat characters who are positive role models and who's weight isn't their entire existence. Julie Murphy books will always have a special place in my heart and so will all of the Faith comics from Valiant. That's where my profile picture comes from. She's a plus sized woman and who is a superhero and her weight literally never comes up. She just gets to be this happy-go-lucky hero with forcefields, telekinesis, and flight. She's a joy. The other things that have helped is finding art that sparks joy. I've been a big fan of Jijidraws for someone on tumblr but shit like old Greek statues or my fucking boy Peter Paul Rubens or the Bathers by Renoir.

[sitronsangbody]

Aubrey Gordon crushing it as always when she pointed out the parallel between transphobia and anti-fatness where people will go "if we're accepting of this kind of person we might end up with MORE OF THEM!" And not stop to ask themselves why they see that as a negative