I wish self-esteem campaigns would focus less on “everyone is beautiful” and more on “who the fuck cares if you are beautiful or not”

You are not a pear, you are not an hourglass, you are not an apple; you are a human being, with bumps and crevices and scars. You are a million shapes rolled into one. You are a universe within yourself. You are a human being, and you are magnificent. 

  • Not body positivity: Shaming thin women.
  • Not body positivity: Promoting curvy as the ideal body type or as "real" and "what men want".
  • Not body positivity: Shaming a woman for wanting to lose weight.
  • Not body positivity: Shaming a woman for losing weight.
  • Not body positivity: Excluding men.
  • Not body positivity: Shaming or excluding any body type under the sun.

I don’t understand why finding thin people attractive is “normal” but finding fat people attractive is “a fetish” 

things “body positivity” movements should address besides weight/fat:

  • (dis)ability
  • features associated with non-whiteness
  • hair type
  • lots of body hair / no body hair / little body hair / hair in all places / losing hair
  • acne 
  • skin conditions
  • scars
  • stretch marks
  • skin discolorations
  • different ways that skin tans
  • tanlines
  • etc

so when white feminists show me pictures of fat able-bodied white women with super smooth skin and no discolorations/skin marks and no body hair and say “love your body!!1!” it’s like nope. 

I may be fat but I’m also so many other things that are looked down upon and policed. If your body positivity doesn’t seek to dismantle white supremacy/ableism/cissexism/etc, what good is your body positivity? who is it helping?

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