"Fat people who love themselves scare the shit out of people who don’t love themselves. Even fat people who are TRYING to love themselves scare the shit out of people who can’t do the same. We force people to have to look at why they hate their bodies because we are “supposed” to hate ours and we don’t. And sometimes they have no idea what to do with that, so they act like assholes." 

- Tigress Osborn (via erinkyan)

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queerfatfemme:

Fatphobic ads target children in ATL—street art reclaims it.

mewmewfoucault:

delisubthefemmecub:

grrlyman:

this is a defaced ad sponsored by children’s healthcare of atlanta. this specific ad said something along the lines of, “stocky, chubby, chunky. you’re still fat.” other ads said things like, “it’s hard to be a little girl when you’re not,” “fat kids become fat adults,” and “big bones didn’t make me this way, big meals did.”

these ads are horrific for numerous reasons, but the thing that startles me the most is the public targeting and shaming of children. i can’t even imagine how much self hatred these ads created.

choa defended itself by stating that obesity is a health problem. this tired defense of fatphobia is completely ridiculous. choa is basically saying that body hate, eating disorders like bulemia and anorexia, depression, and suicide are better than being fat.

fuck them. if you see one of these signs, please deface it if you can. fat kids rule!

LOVE this edit and LOVE the look on this kids face.  They’re just like “yeah, I know I’m awesome.”

<3

to add some more perspective on this campaign and how it’s playing out: the only places i’ve seen these ads has been on atlanta’s public transit system (in stations and bus shelters mostly), which is overwhelmingly used by lower-income people of color - it’s always given me this gross feeling that CHoA, like, feels that it’s really necessary to tell this population of kids and parents/caregivers in specific that FAT IS BAD which def feels to me linked to all sorts of racist and classist notions about food and child-rearing

riotsnotdiets:

MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

virgie is the bee’s knees, and i’m def submitting to this & YOU SHOULD TOO <3

p.s. happy int’l fisting day, y’all 

Hey Fatties in the DC Area!!! 

tangledupinlace:

If you’re interested in creating fat/body positive community in your area, contact my #1 Jewess Amazing Babe For Life Always, Jessica Glickman at jessicaglickman@gmail.com or click her name for her tumblr <3

She’ll prove to be a light in your life they way she’s been in mine without a doubt, so run don’t walk you know?

LOVE YOU

ooh! me me me!

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"It’s all about being the cause of an erection. That’s our value. And if you don’t give them an erection, then you’re a fucking heretic. And if you’re fat like me and you don’t give a shit if you give them an erection or not, then they really hate you. I don’t give a fuck." 

- Roseanne Barr  (via riotsnotdiets)

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I’m so sick of society as a whole completely acting like big people don’t exist, or just being afraid to acknowledge us. We get it: The media doesn’t like us. But when this mind set trickles through all aspects of society, when you’re not expecting it at all, especially in education, there’s an even bigger issue. 

I’m sitting in Math class and we’re doing a scatter plot of a “Height-Weight Survey”. Too bad all of the data points are < 200lbs, which perpetuates a false sense of reality and normalcy. Big, beautiful people exist everywhere you look. Open your eyes, and minds, while you’re at it. If only people could see the beauty I see.

We’re here, we’re fabulous, we’re not going anywhere, get over it. And we don’t bite… Unless you’re delicious. =)