Lauren Marie Fleming

Let's start a revolution. One where every body is worthy, one where no body is shameful. Let's call that revolution #BawdyLove. Bawdy as in audacious, as in rambunctious, as in brazen. Let's be uppity love rebels fighting for respect for all bodies. Let's...

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I’m back.

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Social media is lovely for keeping in touch with you, but horrible for writing productivity, so I'm signing off until I finish the manuscript of my next book. I'll still be sending out weekly emails to my mailing list and updating my blog with tips for writers and a look into my writing life. So sign-up to keep in touch at LaurenMarieFleming.com. You can also email me at [email protected]. See you on the other side! #amwriting

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To write you must kill, and this week I'm killing my social media accounts until I finish my next book. ------- This is me, after my Bawdy Love: 10 Steps to Profoundly Loving Your Body book signing. I’d dreamt of holding a book I wrote in my hands since I was a child, and on my 33rd birthday that dream came true. Very few things in life have felt that satisfying. Nothing on Netflix feels that good. My Facebook feed can’t even come close. Even sex – yes sex! – isn’t that wonderfully fulfilling. It's worth killing for. To read the whole story, visit laurenmariefleming.com./blog. While there, sign-up for my mailing list, I'll be sending life updates there instead.

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Hot and sweaty hard working creative entrepreneur badass boss bitches right here. About to listen to a talk on equality in creative fields. #flemingsisters💩show . . . . . #creativeentrepreneur #creativemornings #creativemorningssd #creativemorningssandiego #bossbitch #bossbabe #womenentrepreneurs (at San Diego, California)

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It's not about the right to serve, it's about the right to survive. Liberals calling trans rights "a distraction from bigger issues" is just as bad as conservatives calling trans people a burden.

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Read this Wikipedia list. Say their names out loud. And remember that it's not about being allowed into our (highly problematic) military, it's about our laws and society saying that trans people are burdens who deserve to be treated as such. So don't fight for trans people's right to serve, fight for their right to survive.

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Tonight! Learn how to heal, make a political statement, and find your squad through dance. It's free! And if you can't make it live, we'll send you the recording. Link in bio to get in on this.

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Anyone who says fat chicks aren't sexy can go screw themselves. #bawdylove . . . . . #effyourbeautystandards #belliesarebeautiful #plussizeootd #plussizelingerie #femme #highfemme #cacique #imnoangel #fatandhappy #fatandproud #fatbodiesareworthy #showmeyourbawdy

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Nicolette Mason and Gabi Gregg launched a new plus-size clothing line today and IT IS SO GOOD!!! Brb buying everything @premme.us has. #Repost @premme.us ・・・ The moment you realize that you and your bestie just launched a brand with your dream wardorbe...OMG 🎉 @nicolettemason @gabifresh

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Am I a millennial hipster yet? (at Holy Matcha SD)

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Do you remember what it was like dancing as a kid, letting your body move however it wanted, free of judgement? @fatgirlsdancemovement and I want you to find that again! Join us Wednesday for Feelin’ Myself: Using dance to connect with your body. Can’t make it live? Sign-up and we’ll send you the replay. This workshop is absolutely free and the only thing we’re gonna try to sell you on is the fact that anyone can dance! Sign-up at http://laurenmariefleming.com/feelin-myself (link in bio). . . . . . #bawdylove #fatgirlsdance #fatgirlsdancemovement #fatgirlscan #fatgirls #fatgirlstyle #effyourbeautystandards #bodypositive #bopo #fatdance #bopo #belliesarebeautiful #showmeyourbawdy

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Strong women of color as empowered sex workers robbing from corrupt billionaires to fund a community clinic. What's not to love about this easy to read yet provocative book? #uptownthief #ayadeleon . . . . #amreading #bookstagram #bookshelf #booklover #bookshelves #writerswhoread #onmyshelf #booknerd #romancenovel

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For the past year, @fatgirlsdancemovement has encouraged me to move out of my comfort zone and into my body. It is a truly inspiring project and I am so excited to be hosting a free online workshop on Wednesday with its founder Cathleen Meredith! Join us for Feelin' Myself: Using dance to connect with your body on July 26 at 6:15pm Pacific. Sign-up here: laurenmariefleming.com/feelin-myself. See you in the class! . . . #bawdylove #fatgirlsdance #fatgirlsdancemovement #fatgirlscan #fatandproud #dancers #fatdancer #danceuntilthekeysfalloutofyourbra #fatandhappy #effyourbeautystandards

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My niece opened a salon in our bathroom. I was her first client.

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Letting go of what isn't working isn't failure, it's energy-saving, it's self-care, it's survival.

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Did you know my sister is also a creative entrepreneur? She's an artist specializing in needlepoint and I love her work. That necklace she's wearing -- she made it! And she'll show you how to make one for yourself! Check her out at @lilbirddesign on Twitter and Little Bird Designs on Facebook. . . . . #flemingsisters💩show #creativeentrepreneur #bossbabe #womenwhocreate #needlepoint #needlework #craftybitch #womenentrepreneurs #bitchesgetshitdone

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"Do you mind if I put needles in your stomach?" my acupuncturist asked and for a split second I almost said no. What would she think of my fat rolls, as they curve in on themselves, touching? How could I relax, having my expansiveness exposed to a stranger, vulnerable for the time it takes for me to heal? What would it feel like, seeing my body out in the open like that? Then I remembered the woman I want to be, the woman I am, who accepts her body as it is and is the most comfortable she's ever been in it. Even if the scale is high and the odds are low, I want to live in a world where I am able to love and accept my body fully. So I said yes and she put in the needles, and she said thank you, and I said thank you, and my body said thank you. #bawdylove . . . #effyourbeautystandards #belliesarebeautiful #bellylove #bopo #fatandhappy #fatandproud #fatbodiesareworthy #fatbodies #acupuncture #bellylove #bellylovers #mybodyisbeautiful #yourbodyisbeautiful #fatisnotabadword #riotsnotdiets #revolutionsnotresolutions #showmeyourbawdy