UP ON THE BLOG TODAY: Why I chose a traditional wedding dress and all about being a #fatbride (plus lots of pictures!). Link in profile! .
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“Fat women aren’t given the luxury of always being seen as beautiful brides. Our weight makes us unworthy of love and respect and a partner who wants to marry us. Just like we are expected to minimize our bodies by wearing black, we aren’t supposed to be proud of the fact that someone loves us and our fat bodies. Some people are even in denial that a person could even find us — gasp! — sexy (surprise! Fat people have sex, too!)”
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. “How dare we flaunt our fatness with crinoline and tulle. How dare we take pride in our bodies and make an effort to look and feel our best on what is supposed to be the happiest day of our lives. Don’t we know we aren’t allowed to be happy? Don’t we know we are supposed to be ashamed and embarrassed for having to buy a wedding dress in a larger size? Don’t we know that we are supposed to be so miserable that we starve ourselves and spend hours at the gym to reduce the size of our bodies in order to conform to some bullshit definition of beauty?”
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