FAT AND GENDERQUEER VISIBILITY!

So there are a LOT of Post Secret postcards that say “I’d rather be dead than fat” which is ya know SCARY AND SAD for a bajillion different reasons. Here is a nice counter to that.

So there are a LOT of Post Secret postcards that say “I’d rather be dead than fat” which is ya know SCARY AND SAD for a bajillion different reasons. Here is a nice counter to that.

Stop being afraid of your body.

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“Fat” tags

So I am trying to be a pretty positive person these days. After years of being an angry critical person I feel like I am finding the flow of a much more soothed soul. Thank you marijuana, masturbation, queers, Southern California sunshine and fatties with self love. HOWEVER it makes me rilly pretty sad that when I follow tags for “fat” most of the shit I get is dieters talking about how much they’re gonna lose, how much they hate their fat, etc. I started this blog as a place to access community and positivity and similar wave-lengths and honestly I see enough before and after, fat hating shit. Let us count the ways I see fatphobia and h8erz:

A) In the magazines I read at the gym.

B) In the gym listening to people talk about how gross they look

C) Outside of the gym listening to people talk about what they ate and how they’re so happy they can go burn it off and if they couldn’t they’d probably cry cus HELLO HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR THIGHS.

D) When I open up my newsfeed on Facebook and someones posting pics and saying how fat they are

E) When I go to the coffee shop and watch people watch what I order. I will have an Iced Americano and a  CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CROISSANT COVERED IN BACON AND BUTTER THANKYOUVERYMUCH.

I mean the list keeps going but you wonder why fat people don’t like going to the gym. I mean other than the fact that it’s the fucking gym but add in all this fat shaming and hating and I mean hello I am just here to get my 25 mins of cardio in so I get that endorphine rush, do some weights so I can feel a little sore (das how I likes it) and listen to some fucking SuperBass by Rhianna and then getthefuckout.

So in conclusion to a rant that is really about nothing in particular: I think Ima need to not look at tags that are only “fat” cus it just hurts too much.

People of Color / #OccupyWallStreet: AN OPEN LETTER FROM TWO WHITE MEN TO #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

pococcupywallstreet:

We—two white men—write this letter conscious of the fact that the color of our skin means we will likely be taken more seriously. We write this knowing that because people of color are thought to be too biased to speak objectively on issues of race, our perspective in this context will be…

You probably noticed, elsewhere I use the word FAT. I used that word because that’s what fat people are. They’re fat. They’re not large, they’re not stout, chunky, hefty, or plump. And they’re not big-boned. Dinosaurs are big-boned. These people are not necessarily obese, either. OBESE is a medical term. (Author’s Note: A particularly meaningless term, at that.) And they’re not overweight. OVERWEIGHT implies there is some correct weight. There is no correct weight. HEAVY is also a misleading term. An aircraft carrier is heavy, it’s not fat. Only people are fat and that’s what fat people are. They’re fat. I offer no apology for this. It is not intended as criticism or insult. It is simply descriptive language. I don’t like euphemisms. Euphemisms are a form of lying. Fat people are not gravitationally disadvantaged. They’re fat. I prefer seeing things the way they are. Not the way some people wish they were.

George Carlin, Brain Droppings. (via youngandfatshionable)

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Found this on a pole in San Francisco. Oh Lionel.

darkjez:

regazzadilupoinverno:

Cristian Fernandez is only 12 years old. And if Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has her way, he’ll never leave jail again.
Cristian hasn’t had an easy life. He’s the same age now as his mother was when he was born. He’s a survivor of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. In 2010, Cristian watched his stepfather commit suicide to avoid being charged with abusing Cristian.
Last January, Cristian was wrestling with his 2-year-old brother, David, and accidentally broke David’s leg. Despite this, their mother left Cristian with his brother again in March. While the two boys were alone, Cristian allegedly pushed his brother against a bookcase, and David sustained a head injury. After their mother returned home, she waited six hours before taking David to the hospital. David eventually died.
Now Cristian is being charged with first degree murder — as an adult. He’s the youngest person in the history of his Florida county to receive this charge, and his next hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.
REBLOG AND SIGN THE PETITION BELOW
(Petition)
they dont do this shit to lil white boys. only to ours.
Signed this petition earlier today. This just plain isn’t right. AT ALL.

RAAAGGEEEEE
Thank you, US Judicial System, thank you.

darkjez:

regazzadilupoinverno:

Cristian Fernandez is only 12 years old. And if Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has her way, he’ll never leave jail again.

Cristian hasn’t had an easy life. He’s the same age now as his mother was when he was born. He’s a survivor of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. In 2010, Cristian watched his stepfather commit suicide to avoid being charged with abusing Cristian.

Last January, Cristian was wrestling with his 2-year-old brother, David, and accidentally broke David’s leg. Despite this, their mother left Cristian with his brother again in March. While the two boys were alone, Cristian allegedly pushed his brother against a bookcase, and David sustained a head injury. After their mother returned home, she waited six hours before taking David to the hospital. David eventually died.

Now Cristian is being charged with first degree murder — as an adult. He’s the youngest person in the history of his Florida county to receive this charge, and his next hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.

REBLOG AND SIGN THE PETITION BELOW

(Petition)

they dont do this shit to lil white boys. only to ours.

Signed this petition earlier today. This just plain isn’t right. AT ALL.

RAAAGGEEEEE

Thank you, US Judicial System, thank you.

(via tangledupinlace)

Transgender 'Occupy Wall Street' Protester Segregated, Humiliated by NYPD During Arrest, Detention