#body standards

[gnowos]

[bubzys-bubabalooza]

One of the most interesting details in The Substance to me, that I don't see anyone talking about is that the person who introduces Elizabeth to the Substance program, the person who pulls her into a living nightmare under the pretence of helping her, was not only a man, but one also using the substance and hating it too. To me this felt like a really smart way to acknowledge that yes, men are absolutely affected by unfair body standards to some degree, but those same men are more likely to be apathetic to the issues women face and enforce those same body standards they pretend to care about.

[gentlewordsdaily]

You are beautiful, even without makeup, without accessories, without presenting yourself in a way that feels polished or acceptable to others. Your beauty does not depend on how put-together you appear. You are beautiful when you eat a lot, and you are beautiful when you barely have the energy to eat at all. You are beautiful in the moments you feel strong, and just as beautiful in the moments you cry and fall apart. Your emotions do not make you less appealing or less worthy of love.

Your body is beautiful even if it doesn’t match what the world calls “ideal.” It does not need to be smaller, smoother, clearer, or more anything to deserve gentleness and respect. Your body is not a problem to fix, it is a home that has carried you through everything you have survived. It breathes for you, protects you, and holds your laughter, your grief, your memories, your survival. Every mark, curve, softness, and change tells a story of living, not failing.

You are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to exist without constantly correcting yourself. You do not need to earn beauty by being quiet, disciplined, or convenient. You are worthy of kindness on the days you feel confident and even on the days you feel unsure. No matter how you look today, no matter how gently or messily you move through the world, you are still deserving of love, respect, and care, exactly as you are. 🤍

[this-is-multigenderphobia]

So, my post about not excluding people from trans activism has been going around a lot, and apparently gained attention from someone who believes it to be "slick" to mention how often fat people are ignored, excluded, discriminated against and killed by the healthcare system, and doubly so for trans fat people.

Those two were sent one after the other, by the same person.

I fail to see the ableism in mentioning trans fat people. And in a post talking about supporting all the ways trans people exist, I dont believe it's "butting in" to mention fat trans people. Me and this account support fat people, all body shapes and all sizes, and honestly to come here and say it's ableist to do so is really gross. Anyway, thank you anon, because of you I was able to make this.

Text reads: "No trans liberation without fat liberation!"

The characters represented are my own. A mexican ace transmasc dyke, an enbian intersex genderfluid and a lesbian trans woman. And guess what, they're all fat <3

[finelytaylored]

Not the same anon but I also saw a thread about how Dan now looks too thin/unwell - I'm wording this nicely because it came across as very mean spirited. When someone has been so open about how anti depressants have affected his weight, which probably resonated with a lot of their audience, to throw that back in their face is so unfair.

hi anon! I haven’t seen any of those threads or comments or anything (thankfully), but nobody should be jumping to any sort of conclusions about his health based on his physical appearance. that’s absolutely none of our business.

and you’re correct, whether or not it’s coming from a mean spirited place or has malicious intent, it’s not something that needs to be discussed or speculated about.

[mellarkslovergirl]

“I’m fat” so close !! You’re actually just a teenage girl who’s been brainwashed by the unrealistic, unachievable beauty standards that have been set for young women

[dailytransitiongoal]

transition goal <3

[alexisthebeginning]

Some days dysphoria just freaking hits different...

I want a certain look and I just wasn't born that way, I want to be someone I'm not and on top of that ~ I get disability issues.

I feel like sometimes I'm just tired of my body and after having an ex say my hatred for my body was the reason they didn't want to be intimate with me I feel decimated.

I love me as a concept, but my body itself, my form and the physical mass of objects patched together to make my human form?

I wish I was born as someone else entirely.

I'm not even sure if this is normal or not, as the same ex said "I've dated non-binary people and never been with someone who hated themselves this much"

In my own head I guess...

Sometimes I wish I wasn't chronically ill, and I wish I was born in a body I actually relate to.