Bodies

The pictures Lush posted are media that was created by the film company — and the film is inherently problematic in terms of “diversity and inclusion justice.” Lush re-posting them is a problem. That they were created in the first place is a problem.

Suggesting that we should figure out how to apply a deadly illness to fat people is ludicrous on its face for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that THERE ARE FAT PEOPLE WITH ANOREXIA.

Over the almost 40 years that I’ve been on this planet, I’ve absorbed the message — whether it’s about my hair, pale skin, or the size of particular body parts — that I’m too much.

Last week I was sitting anywhere between nineteen and thirty-seven feet from Kevin Bacon.

There’s a new hashtag campaign for this Spring/Summer season, and it encourages its participants to do just what it says: simply live #FatAndFree.

Stretch marks. Tiger stripes. Road maps. Ant trails. Tattoos. Mommy stripes.

My toddler was twirling in her tutu bathing suit while I shimmied into my plus-sized polka dot bikini.

*Spoiler alert: some character-specific plot point reveals for the films