taraobrien:

HELLO AGAIN!

So I know the other day I was looking for some people to help me with this magazine that I am doing for college. The magazine is about body positivitybasically (Although my lecturer wanted me to narrow it down to just fat acceptance for women but I am not happy doing that) I have a lot of the content I want to use but I need your help with my “adverts” You know how in magazines half the magazine is taken up with adverts well as my magazine is sort of selling body positivity I want to replace these adverts with pictures of you and your stories. 

So I need a high quality photo of you from the shoulders up against a plain white(or closest thing to) background. You can be wearing make-up or no make up-whatever you are comfortable with but I don’t really want to see clothes or jewellry in the photo. So I have given 2 examples there of what I would be looking for. I look naked but am in fact wearing a boob tube thing. Of course they don’t need to be edited or anything-I’ll do that!You can have your hands down or up like in the example, we don’t want every photo to look like a mugshot. you can be smiling or not. Whatever!I should be smiling but I dint have a lot of time this morning. If you want to email me your photo its sparrowandthefox@gmail.com I will also enable the submit button on my tumblr too if you want to go through that!

And then if you could submit a little piece to me about what body positivity means to you, or what body acceptance means to you. We all have insecurities about our bodies but I would like it to be mostly positive please! It can be as long or as short as you want, I will have fun playing around with typography if they are all different lengths. 
 

I really want all kinds of people to help with this, it is about diversity so everyone is encouraged to submit something no matter your size, race, gender, sexual orientation etc! 

You would seriously be doing me the biggest favour in the world if you could help out with this, I have such ideas! And finally could you please help me to spread the word for this because even though I have an amazing group of followers I don’t have that many. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask,thank you for listening! 
Love you all forever and thank you so much! <3 

Just reblogging to add that there is a vague cut off date, I would need these things in by the start of november. The sooner the better really! And if anyone wanted to also submit photos of their body that would be fine too! like close ups of curvy bits or pointy bits-just no genatils please and thanks! Sorry for reblogging this is just really important to me! <3

Again I am sorry for reblogging this! I just want to get it out there as much as possible before the I need them all in by! Thank you everyone who is helping! I am so appreciative! 

EDIT: Can we keep this to over 18s please. Just to make it easier on me please. Much Love <3

Gah I keep forgetting to do this!

ashrussell:

ashrussell:

Since I started posting more pictures of myself, I’ve had a couple of blogs that are clearly here for thinspo start following me. And at first it made me sad and angry and embarrassed and shamed. And then it just made me angry. And then it made me something else.

If you’re following me for thinspo, as some kind of example of what you never want to be, I hope with all my mangled little heart that you find the thing that you really need. I hope you find the will to love yourself exactly as you are. I hope you love and appreciate your body for the things it can do and respect the things that it can’t. I hope you have a full and happy and long life where you practice self-care and self-love. I hope you find the strength to overcome the hate and the pain that twists and injures you. I hope you find power in yourself and people who love and support you. I hope you find the answers you need and the love you want. I hope you find a path to happiness and a light heart. I hope you find a cease fire with your war on your body and I hope that your body treats you well when you give it the things it needs to do so. I wish you safety and surety and confidence and joy. I wish you happiness.

Loving yourself is a struggle, a journey, a challenge. It is infinitely rewarding. It is hard as hell. It is wildly, unbelievably worth it.

All bodies are good bodies. I hope you can learn to love yours. You deserve it too.

reblogging this today because i REALLY need this reminder

You are amazing, Ash xx

fatseux:

Honestly people, WE KNOW!!!!!

We don’t need you to tell us we’re fat, we know.

We don’t need you to tell us being fat is “unhealthy”, we know.

But do you know people can be fat and healthy?

Do you know people can be fat and confident?

Do you know people can be fat and happy?

Well guess what? We CAN be all those things and so much more!

While our fat may be the first thing you see, it does not mean you know jack shit about what our health conditions may be just by looking at us.

YOU ARE NOT OUR DOCTORS.

Please, keep your body policing to yourselves and get your heads out of your ignorant asses.

Love,

Jess.