Don’t like it? Don’t look?
”I don’t subscribe to anyone else’s handbook, I just create my own.” -The Militant Baker
hi, i’m kate, i’m 16 and i’m a uk20.
i have just started this body confidence blog and would love it if someone of you would come and follow me and submit, my blog is inspired by similar blogs to this one and is to celebrate the famale figure.
also if anyone has any suggestions of any similar blogs that i can follow please send me a message.
i’m always here to talk to, don’t be shy :)
kate x
Just a little doodle/self portrait I drew. I always struggle with my belly, but I realized that I love it, and that I should draw it. :)
I think to be body positive is not just about respecting bodies and how they look, but to respect other’s decisions regarding their bodies too.
Including weightloss and plastic surgery.
While I try to keep this blog weightloss and diet talk free, I understand that every body is different and it’s harder for many others to love their body. There are other fat people who experience different levels of fat discrimination. I don’t know what it’s like to live in the body of a size 28 (US sizes). While I frown at the idea of losing weight because I’ve learned to accept my size, it’s not as easy as others who are in a vice grip struggling with their ED’s.
But, I also don’t know what it’s like to live with a physical/visible disability. I don’t know what it’s like to struggle with dysphoria because I am cisgender (edit: not to say all trans folk struggle with it). I don’t know what it’s like to walk through a world as a person of color and be told that “fair” skin is the prettiest on every media outlet. I am extremely privileged to live in a world that stops at my size.
If this body positive community expects people to start a journey towards peace with their bodies, support and understanding must be given. Understanding AND respect for the unique and individual struggles other’s are faced with. Body acceptance is not cookie cutter. No one is the same. Each journey is personal and ripe with different bodies and the experiences that go with living in those bodies in a world that doesn’t just stop at size discrimination.
I think the body positive community forgets that last part. When it comes to our bodies, the world doesn’t just stop at size discrimination. I think we need more compassion and I don’t think being more compassionate is going to take away from our messages to love and/or accept our bodies.
