Loving the skin that you're in is an incredibly subjective thing, it is personal to us and only we can decide how we show ourselves self-love. Tattoos are pretty similar. The ink that we decide to mark our skin with often means something personal to us; tattoos document a journey, a memory, a reminder, a … Continue reading 15 Body Positive Tattoos You Didn’t Know That You Needed…
Tag: Body positivity
3 Things People Assume About Plus-Size Women…
You might be forgiven for thinking that plus-size women have low self-esteem, given the amount of crap that we've had to put up with for most of our lives, but you'd be wrong. This tweet hits the nail on the head: it is so tiring that the go-to reaction when someone meets a plus-size woman, is … Continue reading 3 Things People Assume About Plus-Size Women…
5 Negative Body-Image Habits To Break…
When you have been born and bred into a society that hails thin bodies as the only acceptable body type, it is difficult to shift this notion when you yourself do not fall within this 'socially accepted' body. But society and the media does more than just hail these bodies, it is frequently rammed down … Continue reading 5 Negative Body-Image Habits To Break…
Dear Curvy Kate, you’re doing it right…
Last year, I wrote an article for The Independent discussing why the plus-size community shouldn't be let down by its own brands. My comments were a reaction to Evans' 'body positive' clothing campaign #StyleHasNoSize. Disappointingly, Evans seemed to take a severely lacklustre approach to diversity and completely missed a golden opportunity to make a prominent and … Continue reading Dear Curvy Kate, you’re doing it right…
A Cocktail for Body Positivity…
Summer is finally here and there can be no better way to enjoy it than to chuck on some comfortable summer clothes and head out into the sunshine. But for some of us, it's not that easy. So if you require a little dutch courage this summer, then look no further than my cocktail recipe … Continue reading A Cocktail for Body Positivity…
7 Things to remember when the trolls attack…
As a body positive activist, I receive my fair share of messages on social media. I often receive messages of thanks and gratitude, messages from people expressing a desire to find confidence, I receive questions on how to sustain body positivity - but the least favourite message I receive (even less favourable than the occasional … Continue reading 7 Things to remember when the trolls attack…
7 Days of Self-Love…
In life, we are all dealt an unfair hand where self-love is concerned. We are not born into having low self-esteem and low self-confidence, but it is bred into us by the culture that we find ourselves in. Speaking from personal experience, all is not lost! It is possible to reach out and clasp onto … Continue reading 7 Days of Self-Love…
Let’s start a revolution…
When I was about 14, I remember walking home with some friends. We'd been to the chip shop and were all eating chips straight out of the paper they came in - a car drove past us. Once, twice, but on the third time of driving past and sussing us out, the group of lads inside … Continue reading Let’s start a revolution…
Body image lies & how not to believe them…
At some point in our lives, we have all been susceptible to the lies that we are told about body image. Whether that directly relates to that shape or size of our body, how we are supposed to feel towards our bodies, even down to the way that we view others. But now is the … Continue reading Body image lies & how not to believe them…
Self-made, self-love: Loving yourself in the wrong body…
The body positive movement has ventured into many different avenues and dominates a large amount of the mainstream media. With its foot firmly wedged in modelling, the music scene, activism and public affairs, the body positive community has shown that it will speak up when those opposing us try to bat us down. In spite … Continue reading Self-made, self-love: Loving yourself in the wrong body…
franhayden.com 