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thatdeafchick: goldenheartedrose: sentientcitizen: thriceandonce: #truth #but #it makes me wonder what people on the trans* spectrum should do with statements like that #because I sure as fuck wish I had a different body #not weight-wise #but #yeah We actually had a really interesting conversation about this campus centre for gender and sexual diversity. (…the new name is beautifully inclusive, but damn, it’s a mouthful.)  Someone made the usual comment about how “sad” it was when people get breast implants. And then someone else pointed out that in the centre, of all places, was not an appropriate space in which to police other people’s body modifications. I think the end conclusion that we reached is that it’s all about where the impetus to change comes from. Do you want to loose/gain weight because of an internal reason, like ‘I’m so skinny I can’t keep my iron levels up and I’m having dizzy spells, and I don’t like that” or “I’m heavy enough that walking up the stairs puts me out of breath, and I don’t like that”, then go for it. Same things for a breast reduction or increase. It doesn’t have to be a physical comfort thing, either; “the way my looks looks does not mesh with the way I see myself, and I don’t like that” is a perfectly valid reason to modify your body/try to present it as closer to your mental image, if that’s what you decide you want. But if it’s because the way society treat’s women’s bodies, the impossible standards everyone places on the female form, if these are making you feel uncomfortable with your own body, than the impetus is coming from the outside. Outside pressure is a shitty reason to hate your body. I hope that anyone who has felt this pressure can find a way to ignore it and be genuinely happy with who they are. Says Essie, the giant hyprocrite with major body issues. Er. Do as I say, not as I do? Excellent commentary. I have a friend who saw some friends she hadn’t had any contact with in a year. They made comments about her breast implants and how she had been just fine the way she was at a B cup, and there was no need for her to be at a solid C now. Little did they know that at age 33, she had been dx with an early stage but extremely aggressive breast cancer, and in a year’s time had been through chemo, a double mastectomy, and had eventually had implants. Bottom line? Don’t make assumptions about why people make body changes. perfect commentary. though i do believe body mods become a problem when people do them because society basically tells them that is the ONLY way they can be beautiful. people start believing thats the ONLY way they can be happy, is to fit into this perfect little mold of how we are supposed to look. so they modify their bodies but it doesnt fix anything because people think fixing their body will make them happy. i just think people should do it for themselves not for anyone else. because thats when it makes people happy. if you want to body mod its your body go ahead and do it. and people should not shame or be shamed for it. 

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"The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in starving themselves, in engaging in unsafe exercise, and in seeking out weight loss by any means necessary. A thin person who does these things is considered mentally ill. A fat person who does these things is redeemed by them. This is why our culture has no concept of a fat person who also has an eating disorder. If you’re fat, it’s not an eating disorder — it’s a lifestyle change."

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Lesley Kinzel (via curvesahead)

I will always reblog this because it is so so important. 

(via infinitetransit)

I just want to nail this to every stable surface I can find. I cannot count the amount of times that I’ve seen fat folks being encouraged, cajoled, and even forced into behaviors that would be recognized as disordered eating/exercising patterns in thin folks. 

Pretty much everything that’s done on shows like The Biggest Loser would be called out as pro-ana/pro-orthorexia in a thin person. Exercising past the point that it hurts, to the point where you’re throwing up, even injuring yourself? Berating yourself because you didn’t lose ENOUGH weight this week? Constantly talking about how fat is weakness and thinness will make everything better, about how you can’t stand to be your current weight anymore? Emphasis on weight as a sign of how much control, strength, and worth you have? Viewing food as bad, as a temptation to sin? Constant sharing and talking about tips on how to minimize food intake, how to lose weight? 

That sounds exactly like every pro-ana/pro-mia blog I’ve ever seen. It’s also what fat people are told we need to be doing to ourselves until we’re thin. 

(via madamethursday)

(Source: xojane.com, via thatdeafchick)

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fit-girl-journey: before-and-after-pictures: From 165 to 139 pounds. January 9th to April 15th. 10-15 minutes on either Treadmill or Elliptical, then Main 4 exercises: Squats, Lunges, Lat pull downs, Seated cable rows. whoa!

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I COULD HAVE LOST TEN MORE POUNDS BY NOW BUT INSTEAD I DIDN’T.