Sunday, October 18, 2009

Fat IS beautiful through Art!

A few weeks ago there was a post on Fat Heffalump's blog about Fat Acceptance in art and it really got me thinking. About 3 years ago I stumbled upon this most amazing art that featured beautiful FAT people. This was the first time I had really ever seen people in sizes and shapes closer to mine portrayed in a beautiful, kind, caring, and loving light and it absolutely floored me!! This was the first time it ever hit me that some people actually do find fat people good looking, and that someone could maybe find me pretty or not that hideous as well. This began my journey of Size Acceptance, and the even more personal aspect of beginning to see myself as a beautiful, and worthwhile human being. So being that art has had such a HUGE impact on my life and I really want to share it with others so that they can begin to see beauty in all shapes, even if it doesn't fit with society's norm. So I will be posting regularly with different art and artist's who are making a difference in the scenery of beautiful!

The first artist I want to highlight and applaud is Rachel Marsh AKA Comethime she is also has a great size acceptance blog and her art has really had an impact on how I see myself and is one reason why I can now look in the mirror and see something beautiful. I encourage you to explore the artists I will be highlighting, I also think that it is important to support and encourage these artists because the work they do helps to further the Size Acceptance movement. These artists often struggle financially because it is just hard to make a stable living as an artist so the work they do is often done because they care and truly love the beauty of fat.

The first piece I saw of hers was:

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A Few of my other faves are:
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CLICK TO CHECK OUT THE REST OF HER AMAZING GALLERY!!!!!


Saturday, September 6, 2008

Lyrical Inspiration

Music has a huge part in my life, It can inspire me, cheer me up, motivate me, and give me courage. So when Kate Harding wrote this post about how certain singers/bands have effected her and her feminism and then reading the comments that came from that it made me think about certain songs that have effected me.

While I don't classify myself as a feminist so I didn't have much to add to the comments on that thread, I have definitely had songs effect me in the area of Fat Acceptance and learning to love myself. One band in particular is the band Superchick. The following song in particular makes me think of the Fatosphere and inspires me a lot as I go through life.... plus it is a totally rockin' song to listen to while I am on the treadmill or in the car !!

So Beautiful ~ Superchick

We are a thousand voices strong
We are each girl who sings this song
We are a beauty that is our own
And we are
And we are
So beautiful

We are light
We were born beautiful
We were meant to be more then these shadows of girls
They cut us down to size
Afraid we'll change the world?
But we'll fight for your right to be beautiful girls
If every girl could see her beauty,
We would be an army

We are a thousand voices strong
We are each girl who sings this song
We are a beauty that is our own
And we are
And we are
So beautiful

We have dreams we were born to fulfill
We were meant to be more than just fairy tale girls
We are the colors so bright
Each beautiful girl
We are the stars in the night
And we are changing the world
When every girl can see her beauty we will be an army


So Beautiful by Superchick