fatacceptancefrenchie:

[Image description: french bulldog on alternating pink and green background. Above text reads “’You think that person’s attractive? But they’re way bigger than you!’” Bottom text reads “I know right? It’s mind boggling the way size doesn’t determine attractiveness.” End description]

fatacceptancefrenchie:

[Image description: french bulldog on alternating pink and green background. Above text reads “’I’m just worried about your health!’”. Bottom text reads “You do realize that shaming me negatively affects my emotional health, right?” End description]

fatacceptancefrenchie:

[Image description: french bulldog on alternating pink and green background. Above text reads “’Are you sure you’re working out enough?’”. Bottom text reads “I don’t know, you’re the one with the medical degree… oh wait” End description]

bibliofeminista:

The book tells the story of 14-year-old Maggie, who according to its blurb “is transformed from being overweight and insecure to a normal-sized teen who becomes the school soccer star”. It’s not out until October, but so disquieting is the cover image that perhaps we may, in this case, allow ourselves to judge the book by it. Maggie is depicted as dumpy, pigtailed, wearing an unflattering jumper (has nobody told her that wide lateral stripes aren’t a good look when you’re carrying a few extra pounds?), staring into the mirror, presumably dreaming of a thinner self who will one day wear the tiny pink prom dress she’s holding wistfully to her chest…

This is appalling for so many reasons. Here are a few:

- It is self-published by a male author whose target audience is 6-12 year old girls. (Amazon writes that it is for ages 4-8.)

- Use of the word “normal-sized.”

- Self-esteem is directly correlated to weight.

- Anorexia, bulimia, and bad body image are REAL issues that affect many teen girls already. This just adds to it.

- The author of the article partially quoted above, who (I assume) intends to decry this book, does not seem very fat-positive herself. See “(has nobody told her that wide lateral stripes aren’t a good look when you’re carrying a few extra pounds?)” and “dumpy” for details.

- The use of the “girl-looking-in-the-mirror-image-and seeing-herself-at-a-different-weight.”

- This will be sold in Barnes and Noble and on Amazon. 

I have a huge fucking issue with the use of “normal-sized” here.

I have no issue with encouraging kids to be active through sports or exercising and to eat healthy, but this is not the right way to do it.