Natalie Johnson is the California-based plus-size blogger behind the project Shameless Cr3ature and Instagram’s @hentai.hunny. Johnson began blogging in the animesphere when she was younger, but realized that her true love was with plus-size fashion and travel. Inspired by cosplay and her time working at Nordstrom as a stylist, Johnson mixes couture with edgy, ’90s-influenced...
Tag: #fightfatphobia
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StyleCrush: Kat Eves of Style Ethic
Production and sustainability of fashion often gets swept under the rug. When we discuss body positivity, we also have to realistically consider our impact on other bodies — the laborers — that produce our clothing. Kat Eves of the brilliant fashion blog Style Ethic does precisely that. Equipped with industry knowledge, experience and razor-sharp wit (as well as...
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5 Things NEVER to Say to Your Fat Friend
In a recent Bustle article, Wear Your Voice contributor Suma Jane Dark writes about the “8 Tough Conversations Your Fat Friends Might not be Having With You.” She addresses well-meaning allies who unintentionally co-opt the fat liberation movement into their lives in ways that erase the experiences of their fat loved ones, rather than echoing and signal-boosting. Those same allies,...
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Watch these Brave Women Call Out the Fatphobic Comments They’ve Faced
The #FightFatPhobia video originated from the depths of my own darkest holdings around the hatred I’ve experienced. I brought that hatred into the spotlight so it could be released, and so I could connect cathartically to the experiences of other fat-bodied womyn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEbUoYswwAg Since I began combining my personal experiences of fatphobia from childhood with my current graduate school studies...
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Dear Virgie: Do Teachers Promote Fat Shaming and Victim Blaming in the Classroom?
Dear Virgie, A few years ago I decided I wanted to switch careers and become a primary school teacher. I fulfilled my dream, and just finished up my first year with my class of second graders. I was surprised to discover that the hardest part about being a teacher was being retraumatized by watching how boys...
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StyleCrush: Style by Malia’s Malia Anderson
This week we celebrate Bay area native Malia Anderson of Style By Malia. Anderson is the mastermind behind the successful website and also works as a stylist. The success of her individual brand of style allowed her to quit her day job in corporate America and dive head first into her creative dream job. With...