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Last night I came across a photo that kind of took my breath away. Not in a "wow, this picture is amazing" way... more like a "holy crap, what have you done to yourself" way. I can't scrub it from my mind today, and it's making me feel uncomfortable in my own skin. The picture… Continue reading Learning To Love Yourself
"Your body is not the problem. The way you've been taught to see your body is. Remember that you're art." -Virgie Tovar January... ugh! January is my least favorite month of the year. From the fact that it is always cold and gloomy to its lack of anything special, the entire month is just a… Continue reading Body Positive Book Reviews: The Body Positive Journal
Over the last few years, positive fat representation in literature has been growing. From books that demand equality for all bodies, to self-help books that empower people to boldly accept themselves, to works of fiction that set fat people as the main character... books are allowing people of ALL sizes to be the hero. It's… Continue reading Body Positive Book Reviews: Starfish
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Honestly though, it's hard to FEEL beautiful in a world where everything around you is yelling what is beautiful and what is not. How can we compete with a set of rules that tell us that thin is beautiful... perfection is beautiful... polished is… Continue reading What Makes You Beautiful
Have you watched Vivo on Netflix? The latest film from Sony Pictures Animation is a vibrant, sweet, and at times sad (why do cartoons always gotta do that to me?!) tale of a little kinkajou on a journey to deliver an important song from Havana to Miami. Plus, it features an incredible, upbeat score, penned… Continue reading Bounce To The Beat Of Your Own Drum
Forty Fat and Fabulous 