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Showing posts with label PlusSize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PlusSize. Show all posts
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Model Hailey Clauson Is Down With Plus-Size Models, But Passing On Cake (360 VIDEO)
Model Hailey Clauson is all about the plus-size model movement, but only from the sidelines … based on what she told us about her birthday celebration, anyway. We got Hailey at LAX — she turned 22 on Tuesday — and she made it clear she…
Friday, December 9, 2016
Plus-Size Woman Fights Back After Getting Hate Mail for Wearing Leggings
Hey, were you feeling like maybe you wanted to lose a little bit of faith in humanity today?
If you even have any faith left, well, then gather round. We’ll kill off that last little bit for you.
Because, see, there’s this woman named Kelley Markland. Kelley is a mother, she sells Scentsy products, and she also enjoys a good pair of leggings.
She’s fierce as hell, right? She’s rocking those leggings, and she looks amazing.
But unfortunately, one sad, sorry soul doesn’t take too kindly to people like Kelley wearing leggings. And that person felt so strongly about it, that she actually sent Kelley a letter.
A physical letter. Like, with an envelope and a stamp and everything.
Here’s the thoughtful letter this woman received:
And if that didn’t get the message across, don’t worry!
This anonymous loser also decided to add an Anchorman meme to really clarify things:
OK, so let’s break this down. Somebody, a human being alive in this world, saw Kelley in her leggings and hated it so much that they went through the trouble of grabbing some paper and a pen and writing down her grievances.
She then looked up a meme, printed it out, put the meme in an envelope with the letter, addressed the letter, slapped a stamp on, then put it in a mailbox.
This person did all that, and there was not one single time that she thought “huh, maybe this is the most ridiculous thing that ever happened.”
These are dark and troubling times we’re living in right now. Can we blame Trump? Let’s just go ahead and blame Trump.
Kelley shared that hateful letter on Facebook, and the message she wrote along with it is just so heartbreaking.
“Anyone who knows me,” she wrote, “knows that I care deeper and stronger than many. I am a sensitive woman and I despise cruelty towards others.”
“I have never pretended to be pretty or look good in clothing. I have never tried to be flashy or show off. Wearing my ‘fun’ leggings gave me a tad bit of confidence in not looking sloppy all the time.”
“I’m sorry that some of you may not like it, but I’m not dressing for you. All the hate in this world, and you have to pick on me for this?!”
“Thank you for making me feel like absolute, complete sh-t … so unbelievably disappointed in people anymore.”
Aww, Kelley, girl, no! You are pretty, and you do look good in clothing! Be flashy, show off! Get it!
And it seems like a lot of other people wanted to encourage Kelley too — she works as a substitute teacher, and after she shared that Facebook post, many of her coworkers used the magic of leggings to show their support.
“All the teachers were coming up and hugging me and showing me their leggings,” Kelley said in an interview. “So I knew at that point, it’s not about me anymore, it’s about all women.”
She explained that “The letter killed me inside and I still get upset by it, but at the same time I have gained immense strength.”
This is such a sad story — seriously, think about how pitiful the person who sent the letter must be — but it’s so good to hear that this woman was able to turn the situation around.
People can wear whatever they want to wear, no matter their size or whether or not other people find it attractive.
It’s 2016. Do we honestly still need to learn that very simple lesson?
Friday, July 15, 2016
Plus-Size Woman Documents First-Ever Bikini Experience
Not every woman out there is Kim Kardashian.
Not every woman out there is comfortable in a bikini.
Take an Instagram user known as "Jazzmyne," for example.
BuzzFeed documented her journey via a video that starts with her picking out a bikini … and ends wearing a two-piece on the beach for the first time. Ever.
Prior to the shopping excursion, Jazzmyne explained the motivation behind filming this experience, describing how she struggled to embrace her body between her junior year of high school and junior year of college.
Chronicle her story below and then join us in applauding how she has overcome her fears…
1. The Journey Begins
2. How the Troubles Began
She says she grew up in a town without many women who looked like her. She would always encourage plus-sized women to wear a bikini, but could not do so herself.
3. You Go, Girl!
Right? What else is there to say to these words?
4. She Bought To Bathing Suits to Start Her Journey
And she didn’t totally despise the first.
5. HOWEVER…
She didn’t love how it looked from the back.
6. But the Second Swimsuit?
HA! We love this reaction.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Ashley Graham to Amy Schumer: What"s Wrong with Being Plus-Size!?
Ashley Graham has a bone to pick with Amy Schumer.
And it comes down to this:
The model would like to know why the comedian is not more accepting of her big-boned frame.
In April, Schumer took issue with Glamour after the magazine included her in its special edition on plus-size figures.
The cover itself even promoted the Trainwreck star, screaming for all to see:
Women Who Inspire Us: Melissa McCarthy, Adele, Amy Schumer & Ashley Graham.
However, Schumer never agreed to be among those featured in the special issue, responding negatively on Instagram and calling out Glamour for its labeling of her body.
“I think there’s nothing wrong with being plus size,” she wrote. “Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8.”
Added Schumer at the time:
“@glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me.
“Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”
In the August issue of Cosmopolitan, meanwhile, Graham fired back.
Considered the most famous plus-size model out there, the brunette says Schumer missed out on a chance to serve as a role model.
“I can see both sides, but Amy talks about being a big girl in the industry,” Graham explained, adding:
“You thrive on being a big girl, but when you’re grouped in with us, you’re not happy about it? That, to me, felt like a double standard.”
That is sort of true.
Schumer jokes all the time about having a less than ideal body. She doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would object to Glamour’s classification.
Graham, however, rejects the notion that she’s a “plus-size” model.
She just wants to be known as a model.
So… is she really one to talk?!?
“Just because I’m not calling myself plus size doesn’t mean I’m not representing a woman who is,” she explains.
“I’m giving curvy women a seat at a table that we’ve never been invited to before – a table with high-end fashion people who have never considered us beautiful.”
What do you think? Do you take a side in this debate?
Or are the women really just arguing over harmless semantics in the end?
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Plus-Size Blogger Goes Off on Instagram for Bikini Photo Removal
Call Aarti Olivia Dubey a bus driver, people.
Because she just took Instagram to school!
A Singaporean-Indian plus-size fashion blogger, Dubey uses her social media account to share pictures of outfits, makeup, quotes and over 16,000 Instagram followers.
Fair enough, right? That’s what many people do on Instagram these days.
But Dubey was forced to call out the service after seeing that a photo of her and her friends in two-piece bathing suits had been aken down.
How come? Because Instagram said it “violated community guidelines.”
Interesting. Instagram did not delete that recent photo of Kim Kardashian’s naked butt.
It’s hard not to see this as an issue centered around how much Dubey and her friends weigh.
“Take a good look at us three. Do you know what we have in common? The belief that Any Body deserves to look good in what they wear,” Dubey write as a caption to the supposedly scandalous image.
“Be it a swimsuit, a pair of jeans, a dress, lingerie, a crop top. We have seen and heard the shaming directed towards us.”
After nearly two weeks of contacting Instagram about the photo removal, sending out a series of photos and calling on her followers to re-post the above photo in question, Dubey said Instagram did restore the image.
As you can see below, a Community Operations employee e-mailed her an apology, citing the photo’s removal as “a mistake” that happened “accidentally.”
Hmmm… sorry if we’re suspicious over that claim.
And we’re not the only ones.
For Dubey, the mea culpa came “a little too late after I had to deal with all the bloody trolls and haters last week.”
She added, via her account:
I accept your apology Instagram but it does not change a thing. You have placed the image back but at what cost? …
You are answerable to ALL of my plus size friends for removing their images or accounts on Instagram or Facebook.
Check your latent fatphobia. Check your guidelines and policies. Take better care of the people who use your services as a means of staying connected to oceans of people who just want to exist as people.
Fatphobia? We love it!
We wish it didn’t exist and a term didn’t need to be invented for it.
But we hope this at least catches up and prevents future similar incidents from occurring.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Amy Schumer Goes Off on Glamour, "Plus-Size" Label for Women
Amy Schumer may be the funniest woman on the planet.
But she sees nothing humorous about how many people on that same planet talk about female bodies.
It all started after Schumer shared to Instagram a photo of a special issue of Glamour, one that refers to her in its pages as “plus size.”
The comedian and actress explained why she thought this sent a terrible message to her fans.
“I think there’s nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women,” Schumer wrote. “Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me.”
Here is why:
“Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”
In response to Schumer’s comments, a spokesperson for Glamour tried to detail why it meant no offense, writing via statement:
“First off, we love Amy, and our readers do too – which is why we featured her on the cover of Glamour last year.
“The cover line on this special edition – which is aimed at women size 12 and up – simply says “Women Who Inspire Us,” since we believe her passionate and vocal message of body positivity IS inspiring, as is the message of the many other women, of all sizes, featured.
“The edition did not describe her as plus-size. We are sorry if we offended her in any way.”
But Schumer, who is happily dating Ben Hanisch, went on to say there’s a much bigger issue at stake here.
“Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone except the people who told me what I ‘should feel’ or what I ‘should have focused on,’ ” she Tweeted after the flap went viral, adding:
“Bottom line seems to be we are done with these unnecessary labels which seem to be reserved for women.”
It’s true.
Ever heard of a “plus-size” man?
Other stars who are also against this term include Meghan Trainor, Melissa McCarthy, Ashley Graham and Tyra Banks.
It’s pretty much impossible to formulate an argument for it, wouldn’t you say?
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