Royal👑

my boyfriend broke up with me yesterday. he told me there were “certain things” he couldn’t overlook. he looked me in the eye and told me, “i’m just not attracted to you. you are an amazing, intelligent girl and i thought i could get over it but i just can’t. i don’t enjoy the sex.” but then i also found out he was in love with his best friend’s girlfriend—they are now together. when i asked if we could’ve worked if circumstances were different, he said, “this is going to sound mean but i wasn’t lying when i told you i’m not attracted to you. if you were a little bit thinner, maybe.”

the funny thing is — and i even laughed about it several times — i’m not even ugly and i look fine the way that i am. it hurt so much to hear that from someone i cared about however. i felt humiliated—i am embarrassed about all the pictures i sent him, thinking he looked at them and thought i was beautiful…

first of all we’ve got these four talented and racially diverse ladies with healthy body types singing and dancing to songs about female friendships 

and empowering women

they literally have a song called “cinderella” about not needing a man

and in the movie sequels they travel to spain and india 

where supporting characters have actual character arcs and aren’t just “cultural decoration”

oh look bilingual songs

it doesn’t hurt that the whitney houston produced the first two movies

This is a life-size pre-cast clay sculpture of a naked fat woman. The model is Julie Srika. The sculptor is Ramon Sierra. I think it’s beautiful and important. Breathtaking, even. Two days ago I shared it on Facebook, with the permission of both the model and the artist. Many people responded to it as I did. Facebook then deleted the thread and removed the photo from the model’s account, citing it as being in violation of their “community standards.” Appeals to Facebook have yet to be answered.

I think this is a disturbing anti-art stance, particularly vexing, considering Facebook allows far more sexually suggestive photos and sanctions pages designed to promote bigotry and bullying. Yet an amazing piece of art depicting a fat woman in proud non-sexual repose must go.

So while this is not the traditional fare for Uppity Fatty, I’m posting it here so more people can see it without the small-minded interference of Facebook’s double-standards.

SHIT!