itsoktobethin:

Interesting article that you can read here.

First I would like to get out of the way that I find it admirable that H&M seems to be choosing a model they like over whatever they are pressured to by social constructs. I have no qualms with H&M. I am simply addressing the skinny aspect of this article.

I do, however, have a problem with the way this article is written. According to this article, all thin models are unhealthy and only plus size women are healthy. WRONG. It is not OK to equate health with being plus size and for that to be the only standard. What about us petites out there? Are we all unhealthy? Just because someone is bigger or smaller is no indication of health.

I thought this was going to be an article that was at least fair, or just in favor of plus size. But no, they had to back-hand skinny people.

Full article here.

PS: I do fully intend to send this to the yahoo editors, I encourage you to do the same.

They even mention that ridiculous “swim suits for all” website that supposedly has suits for “every body type” that actually only has suits for plus women…

theskinnygirlproblems:

so I had yet another shopping fiasco this weekend. Went to Pinko with my mum because she saw some leather skirts (I’ve been looking for one for ages) and put them on hold in ‘my size’ so I could come try them on.

The assistant brings down the skirts and my heart sinks as I see them. I go ‘what size are these?’ and she says ‘38’ and I say ‘oh, do you not have them in a smaller size?’ and she gives me this fucking judgemental look and says ‘it’s a uk 6, no.’ (that’s a US 2) So I try on the damn skirts and they all hang off me like sacks and I just felt so miserable and was in the worst mood for the rest of the day. 

My mum totally didn’t help either, she was all ‘Alexandra you need to put on weight this is just not attractive, nothing will ever fit you’ and the fucking problem isn’t my weight, it’s that shops don’t make clothes for people my size (my waist circumference is 22”). And I don’t want to put on weight because that wouldn’t be natural for me. I like my body the way it is naturally but I don’t like being judged for it, and I swear to god, if another person tells me to ‘go eat a burger’ or ‘eat more cake’ I might actually flip out and hit them. When shit like this happens I go and fucking overeat and nothing happens except that I feel sick and unable to move for the rest of the day. 

Anyway, I’m just so glad I have this blog to go to, because I feel it’s literally the only place where people actually understand what I go through and the shit I have to put up with, without judging me. Thanks guys :)

xoxo Alex

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fatonthedancefloor:

miaoumaiden:

fatonthedancefloor:

Today has been fucking unbelievable. Crap like this is the reason I started this blog; this FUCKING FATPHOBIC SEXIST PIECE OF SHIT just about got me fired from my job. I HOPE HE ROTS IN HELL.

I went into the club today because its a holiday weekend so i figured I could make some extra cash off…

I understand your frustration and everything, but calling the thinner girls “bitches” for no reason but existing is just as bad and someone calling you a piece of lard and completely unnecessary….

UM NO. It’s NOT the same thing. AT ALL.

Thin girls get EVERYTHING handed to them. I have to work my ass off just to get a quarter of what they get. I can call them bitches because I’m the one who’s oppressed here, NOT THEM. Skinny girls just have to wake up in the morning and everyone fucking fawns over them like they are goddesses, while I get treated like shit and walked all over just because I’m bigger.

SO I DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THIN FEELINGS. Sorry.

You’ve got to be a joke. Whether or not thin girls get “everything” (highly debatable), it is still thin shaming to call them “skinny bitches” or anything similar. Being “oppressed” doesn’t give anyone the license to turn into a right fuck and start calling names. You don’t have to care about the feelings of others, but don’t be mad when they don’t care about yours. 

lol you think thin girls get treated like goddesses, hahaha! I can’t even handle it, you’re so clueless

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realtatas:

miaoumaiden:

msladybones:

thisisthinprivilege:

Thin privilege is generally being able to go bra shopping in real world stores, and on online stores find a wide range of bras and get what you want.

Even on specialist ‘plus size’ websites I have a very hard time and the only thing my size in the kind I’m comfortable…

30 E here. But I’m thin so bra shopping must be easy for me.

Right??? It’s like they’ve never heard of sub 34 band bras before. And of course anything over a D cup is porn star.

I honestly hate getting involved in any of this priviledge argument crap, but I would like to interject here because the mentioning of “thin girls have an easier time finding bras” is not something I, nor Agent A, am okay with.  I dare anyone who thinks being thin makes it easier to find bras to tell me straight to my face that finding a 26J is “easy” nonetheless possible in brastores.  I would also care for you to tell any of our companions who are supposed to be wearing bands sized 22 and 24 that their band size is also possible to find in brastores. Because guess what?  It’s not. 

Also, anyone who is not morbidly obese or very short and very round should not be wearing a band size above a 38.  You should measure yourself and not go by sizes that companies give you.  Measure tightly under your bust and loosely (whilst bending over) from the root of your breast (under your armpit) around your nipple, and to where the center gore should lay flat against your sternum.  Take whatever number you got there and start counting up from A through bra sizes to whatever number that letter would correspond to and that should give you the most accurate size, band and cup of what you should be wearing.  It may not be entirely universal, since all bras are styled differently, but your size should definitely not stray very far from that size.     

-Agent P

Reblogging for amazingness and anyone still confused about how to size correctly. 

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If you’re reading this right now

ifyouveeverbeeninlove:

I’m just here to remind you that you’re beautiful no matter what and you don’t need to do anything to change who you are because you’ll always be beautiful.

okay bye

pimp:

miaoumaiden:

wilsonnthesassycat:

thisisthinprivilege:

Thin privilege is not having to lie and tell your friends that the reason why you don’t go to the pool with them is because you can’t swim or think the water is to dirty, when actually you fear what people will say about you in a swimsuit. 

I know a lot of “thin” i.e. skinny people who don’t go swimming with others because they’re afraid of what people will say about them in a swim suit…

Yes! Exactly! Fat people are NOT the only ones who feel self-conscious in swim suits. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t. Thin women are also made fun of for how they look in bikinis! Your legs, your arms, your lack of boobs or ass, fat people are not special in this regard. Once again, thisisthinprivilege doesn’t seem to understand that everything is not exclusive to fat people. 

Damn. You guys have it made.

I don’t like being in a bathing suit cause my skin is uneven. The bottom half of my body is like 3 shades darker than the top half and it makes me feel really weird. Not only that, but people call my legs twigs and say that I look like a skeleton in a suit. Not cool.

Not even just that, but one of my arms has a patch of discolored skin going from my shoulder to elbow and it makes me feel self-conscious. I hate being in a bathing suit. >.<

Ugh, I totally understand about the skin. I was going to add it to the post but it wasn’t necessarily thin related so blah. I didn’t go swimming for years (and only just got comfortable enough around only friends to do it now) because of my skin. I’ve got a condition that causes these horrid little dark raised bumps mostly on my legs and arms, add to that dermatillomania and it’s a recipe for disaster. Showing my legs has always been really, really difficult (and annoying as hell on the hot summer days lol). 

A friend of mine has the two shade look going on too (stops in the middle of her things for some reason!) and I’ve randomly got a huge dark patch covering my back and ass lol I just don’t understand why skin can’t be normal :/

wilsonnthesassycat:

thisisthinprivilege:

Thin privilege is not having to lie and tell your friends that the reason why you don’t go to the pool with them is because you can’t swim or think the water is to dirty, when actually you fear what people will say about you in a swimsuit. 

I know a lot of “thin” i.e. skinny people who don’t go swimming with others because they’re afraid of what people will say about them in a swim suit…

itsoktobethin:

thin privilege is not being able to find your bra size in any regular store because you’re a 32d and clearly no one can be tiny and still have big boobs. 

oh wait.

Woo~ 30F here my privilege is just oozing! 

To the other 30 band reblogger, try a few online sites like brastop.com or bravissimo.com. They’re expensive but some of their styles go down to a 28 band and for smaller cups they have many options. 

REAL WOMEN

usefulavocado:

• May or may not have curves
• May or may not wear makeup
• May or may not sleep around
• May or may not have an eating disorder
• May or may not love their bodies
• May or may not be biologically female
• May or may not have been born biologically female
• May or may not wear revealing clothing
• May or may not be overweight or underweight
• May or may not wear a size 00
• May or may not be fat
• May or may not be skinny
• May or may not be anything in between
• May or may not be recognized as a “real woman” by society.

Thank you.

sura93:

I don’t really understand this whole “thin privilege” bullshit but people need to stop because being a male weighing 125 lbs at 6’0”, my bones and veins are extremely apparent and I am constantly comparing myself to others and cannot find anyone that has a body similar to mine because of how thin I am and the last thing I want to hear is that having this horrible body is a PRIVILEGE. Making blogs dedicated to “thin privilege” is not helping anyone so just stop

I wish more people would pay attention to the sorts of things thin men have to go through; we focus so much on women’s issues and completely ignore that thin men are not “idealized”. 

the-spookshowbaby:

Love these.

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starbaby3:

Thin/skinny people problems

thinshewrote:

tights, boots, sweater dress.

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