#fatgirlsdoingthings

[roman-sunshine]

So in Shadowrun you can't have a troll with more than seven charisma and as a very charismatic troll* in real life I am a little cross. . *I mean troll in the "I am very big and strong and have very big teeth" kinda way, not the "being rude to people on the internet" kind of way.

[fatgirlsdoingthings]

Well...We are moving (and staying?)

Thanks to Tumblr's new policy, a lot of our posts (despite having NO nudity) are being flagged. I am currently in the process of exporting the blog so that I have a copy of the community we’ve built here. But it leaves us in a weird position...

There are over 27,000(!!) of you on here and I love you all and I want to continue building this community and putting positivity out into the world together.  I am going to keep the blog on tumblr, both for posterity and for future use if that is possible. 

However... I really want to find a place we can still function without as many restrictions. I would like to take a poll and get some feedback as to where we should move our Fat Girl community. 

One option would be to grow our facebook fan page and our  facebook group page, which would be nice because you could post your own stuff and we could interact easier together. I just worry that there are so many facebook groups for fat communities that we’ll get lost in the shuffle...

Alternatively, I could purchase a domain and start a web page especially for us, which would be cool because we could have more options, like starting to create merch and making multimedia stuff like videos, forums, ect.. however because it is a separate entity (not connected to social media) I am worried the traffic would slow down and we wouldn’t reach as many people to grow our supportive community...and I have no idea how to promote a website (or social media account for that matter :P )

Another option I thought about would be to start an instagram or a twitter and connect those to the page and group we already have on Facebook... Which is kind of the same as having a facebook group but it feels like there would be less accessibility for you all to submit and interact with each other. 

Also, I am SUPER open to suggestions, tips, concerns, offers of help, adding admins, etc...

TL;DR/ Thanks to new guidelines on Tumblr, we need a backup home and I need your help figuring that out because this is an important community that I love and want to nurture and grow together. 

Honestly, It breaks my heart that this has to happen and I don’t want to lose what we have together because it means the world to me.  ANY and ALL input is welcome and appreciated sincerely . 

Thank you everyone and have a great day! ❤ ❤ ❤

[0ntheplusside]

@thehighyellowbrickroad

[screaming-towards-apotheosis]

I was aiming for the Black Panther but all I got was this... #selfie #fatselfie #fatgirlsdoingthings #clawmachine #why #miniNOs #okitsavampiretho #borderlineacceptable (at Cineworld Dublin)

[fatgirlgetsfitatlast]

Headstand practice. I should wear shirts that don’t fall down. Sorry about that, but whatever -- deal with the fat.

Unlike yesterday, when I could not get up into the headstand, I did make it on the first try today, however, I had to use the wall a lot before I could get my balance, and then a couple of times during the headstand to keep it. Still really wobbly on these, but I know from experience that it just takes practice to get the balance and strength back, so, working on it.

[drippingcrystals]

Me gettin it at the gym!

[nicoledreamsinblue]

I made a giraffe friend.

[consolecadet]

“Recovery” blogs stop posting thinspo challenge

[fatgirlsdoingthings]

Hello FGDT!

I just want to check in again and clarify some things: 

I am not shutting down this blog. It will never be shut down by me, they'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands because I love you all far too much to do that.

That being said, if something does happen and we are shut down I am downloading a copy of our stuff and will be able to put us somewhere else in the interwebs...but you’d need a way to find me! 

So, my personal Instagram is @artreat21 and we do have an FGDT insta which is @fatgirlsdoingthings  (which is admittedly blank at the moment, but won’t be for long.) 

If things disappear on here my Instagram is the most direct way to reach out to me. <3 

Additionally, we do have a facebook page and community page AND a twitter handle (that I have no idea what to do with). 

These are our places where we can find each other no matter what! 

Thank you all so much for the love and support and the submissions! (keep em’ coming!! pls) 

Have a great day! <3 <3 <3 

[fatgirlgetsfitatlast]

Confession: The last time I attempted a headstand was probably 3 weeks ago ... maybe longer, and I could NOT get up. I could not get my hips over my shoulders, couldn’t get my balance shifted so I could make it into a headstand. It really disappointed me. I was tired at the time, and I have kinda hung onto that small thread as the reason, but I haven’t tried it again, not wanting it to be confirmed that I can no longer do a headstand because I’m not strong enough to balance and lift the extra weight I’ve gained.

This week I’m starting to feel more ‘on track’ than I have in a long while, so, I decided to give it another try. I did it against the wall, but didn’t have to use it to balance. It took two tries to hold it, and wobbly AF, and it didn’t last long, but I made it. 

The weirdest part is that my QUADS start to cramp ... quads? Why quads? I don’t know, but they were super-unhappy with the whole thing. So weird. 

But, now I know I can still do it, even if not very well, so I can start building back up to being good at it again.

[firebirdscratches]

Thought process on designing a Fat Pride Flag

So, the only existing fat pride flag I’m aware of is this one: 

Unfortunately, it is a Fat Fetish Flag. Full explanation can be found here:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FatFetishFlag.png I’m not judging people who have Fat Fetishes, but I think it’s unacceptable that in 2018, the only Fat Pride Flag that exists represents people who fetishize us, and not US.  So, I’ve decided to design my own.  I thought the idea of the Neopolitan Ice Cream colors was cute, actually. But I don’t think the flag should be food-related. While reclaiming stereotypes can be really powerful, the notion that fat people eat poorly or only eat junk food is just that - a stereotype. Also, it can be really triggering for survivors/current sufferers of eating disorders, which absolutely affect the fat community at saddening rates. In fact, many fat people are in recovery from eating disorders, having disrupted their body’s natural metabolism over years of trauma. *waves hello* I thought about having the outline of a fat body on a rainbow flag - but there are straight fat people too, and they deserve to feel Fat Pride as well. Being a queer person myself, of course gayness matters to me...I just think this is an important area to be inclusive. The final design of the flag should be able to be easily combined with other flags to express the diversity of our community, should people choose to include other aspects of their identity, like their sexuality, race, or gender identity. I’ve thought up a couple images and made some quick n’ dirty sketches under the readmore

- A cornucopia. While I wanted to steer away from food, I feel like this is vague enough not to be triggering? Something like this maybe? 

I feel like a cornucopia represents ampleness, generosity, plenty - all positive associations with “bigness.” On the other hand, cornucopias automatically conjure up Thanksgiving, a time inextricably tied to food, and overeating, which could be triggering...and again, there is technically food in that picture. I could do an EMPTY cornucopia, but that sends the image of famine and lack, so....maybe not. (Also cornucopias are really varied in the way they’re drawn, usually intricate, and would be difficult to recreate consistently).  - A whale. I KNOW, I KNOW, but part of pride can be found in reclaiming words and imagery that have been used against us as slurs and making them a point of pride, rendering them useless as a slur, the way the word “queer” was reclaimed, or other slurs being reclaimed by members of specific communities. I’m thinking maybe a sea blue stripe - to represent the ocean in its vastness, diversity, and life-giving properties. (Again, positive associations with bigness) and the outline of a whale as a radical reclaiming of an insult that was hurled against us. Whales are also deeply family-bonded, nurturing, graceful animals that are unjustly hunted and persecuted, and who are SUPPOSED to be big. It’d also be very easy to overlay on a different pride flag color scheme, to incorporate other identities.  Maybe something like this? 

Stripe color is #5899b8, ocean colored. I made it extra wide, because...wide people. :D Whale color is #a1e1ff. I didn’t spend too long perfecting it, it’s just an idea sketch right now. Here’s what it might look like overlayed on another pride flag: 

Other potential fat avatars could include pig, elephants, rhinos, etc. All things that have been hurled at me as insults before....though while reclaiming slurs can be really powerful, fat people have been associated with animals by fatphobes WAAYYYY too much - codifiying that into a pride flag could either be seen as a powerful subversion of that shaming tactic - or seen as capitulating to that shaming tactic.  Anyway, let’s keep working on other ideas.  What other things are big? I thought - outer space. Stars. “Celestial Bodies.” All bodies are made of star stuff...Our own sun is a star - and it’s massive and gives life to the whole planet. Fat people are “Stars” too! And we deserve to shine. So I cooked up a few star/sun based ideas. 

I chose purple this time, being the color of royalty, and because we’ve been euphemistically referred to as “Queen Size,” or “King Size.” Why not lean into our royal birthright? It’s just a simple star on a wide purple band, but it emphasizes pride and that we are all “celestial bodies” made of starstuff. Here’s what it might look like over another pride flag: 

I didn’t bother cleaning up the background, I’d need to find a star with a transparent backgroung to overlay, but - you get the idea. Although...you could also do overlays like this: 

That leaves even more of the original flag clear, and gives increased legibility. It could also be added to the top left, or expanded as a triangle on the left side. Here’s both options. 

lol graphic design is my passion XD (again just a sketch) I was thinking about the sun, but then I also realized - the moon deserves some love, too. Especially as a gravitational body, and its effect on the tides...So I thought - how can I include them both? 

A solar eclipse! But I also know flame burns at different colors depending on its heat, like you see when you light a match or a candle: 

I also like sending the message that fat people are HOT! Which isn’t a message we get to hear about ourselves very often. ^_^; So pulling design elements from both these images, I came up with this: 

....Hrm. Including the flame colors was a fun idea, but I kinda hate how it came out. Also, a center circle is currently used on the intersex flag, I wouldn’t want people to be confused. And this looks like it would be really hard to use as an overlay. Too busy. Lemme try simplifying a little. 

Hm. Not AS ugly but...still pretty ugly. -_-; yeahno. I searched for a public domain sun/moon images and was inspired by old drawings like these: 

Obviously, this is just a sketch I winged together, any final image would have far superior art. But...take a look: 

I.....don’t hate this?? I like that it includes two obviously round faces...I like how Renaissance-y it looks, alluding to a time period where fat bodies were appreciated and lauded in art. And it still has that “celestial body” connotation. I also HELLA simplified the color scheme to a midnight blue (moon) and golden (sun). I made some of the rays straight, and some of the rays curvy, because not everybody is straight. I also feel like this would be easy to transpose onto another pride flag like so: 

The design is a little busy, but it could either be made more intricate (a la the source inspiration) or LESS intricate, deliberately “dumbed down” into something easy to understand and replicate.  Anyway, these are some preliminary thoughts. Fat people, please “weigh in” (hurrrr puns) and let me know what you think! I’m tagging some friends and some fat positive blogs I follow - would be interested in your feedback! I’m just one person, and having other voices for concrit would be super helpful.  @fatgirlsdoingthings, @fatphobiabusters, @fuckyeahfatpositive, @thebodyisnotanapology @stophatingyourbody, @frostyemma, @charmingfury, @semi-sem, @sillyengineer

[fatgirlsdoingthings]

Want to be on our Facebook page banner?

Our Facebook page is looking a little absent of Fat Girls and that needs to change! It would be nice to have a collage of featuring some of us for our banner picture, but I need people’s permission before using their photos...

hopefully, some of you are willing to share your photo’s to make this happen...if you are interested, please submit a photo and put in the description that you give permission to use the photo on the FB page. 

Depending on the number of submissions they may not all be used...but either way, I get to see your lovely faces and the post will still be on here!! 

Thank you in advance! <3<3<3

[drippingcrystals]

I did it! 42:10! My first official race! Just a 5k but I don't mean to brag but a few years ago I needed a cane to help me walk and now I run!!!! Average pace 13:41 max pace 6:43!!!

[plussizeslayslives]

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