Category: Thoughts & Feelings

Hello friends! This is the first of two posts on the subject of hair. The second will be more frivolous and fun but here is a post about the literal bane … Continue readinghair.

‘This is not about burning calories, this is not about being the thinnest or the strongest person in the room, this is about being the best person you can be … Continue readingStill spinning.

I often feel like I hear myself saying “that’s not body positivity”, and while I think it’s actually perfectly acceptable to criticise something without having a concrete alternative in mind, … Continue readingon body positivity and weight loss.

I’m sure many people have said this before in their own way, but since it’s something I think about a lot, I figured it was worth laying it out, in … Continue readingthin-shaming isn’t real.

I don’t often talk about personal stuff on this blog, but I figured once in a while it might be good, so this is a post about how I’ve found … Continue readingonline dating tips for the fat babe.

I truly loved this interview on the Cosmopolitan website. It’s possibly the most radical thing about fat women I’ve read in a mainstream women’s magazine. Claire over at A Monkey … Continue readingWhat Being A Fat Woman Is Really Like.

The release of the Mango Violeta collection has caused more complaint than pretty much any plus size line I’ve seen in ages. Maybe ever. I’m actually not too distressed by … Continue readingthe trouble with violeta.

This post explaining why I think the plus size blogging community needs to fix up may not be very interesting to non-bloggers, so feel free to skip if you don’t … Continue readingthe slippery slope.

Here is me when I was 17 Here is me now I am 23. Digging around for the photo of me at my thinnest meant going through my Facebook to … Continue readingformer unfat person.

I met up with my friend Charlotte the other day to pick up one of her Black Heart Creatives necklaces while she was in London. We sat on the ground … Continue readingLife won’t begin when you’re thin & thoughts on community.

‘I’m sorry but she looks awful, no shape at all’ ‘Sorry but white on large bodies is NEVER good… NOBODY WANTS TO SEE OUR BLUBBER’ ‘No no no not horizontal … Continue readingon body-hate and the haters who do it.

I originally wrote this post one year ago today, but not much has changed around me since then. I feel that I’ve got more firm in my views over the … Continue readingone year later.

I know I generally keep this blog to outfit photos and reviews, but it’s my space and I’d really like it to reflect me and my interests and my preoccupations. … Continue readingWhy I do what i do.