OK so it's been nearly a month (slap on the wrist for on me!) since my last blog and the truth of the matter is that I really didn't know where to go next. My last blog was a whinge-fest about the length (or lack there of) of certain plus size clothing brands. Since then, there has been the media furore about plus size women in the public eye and the fat-shamers response to the 'offensive sight' or us bigger girls being so visible.
I wanted to join in with the #wearethethey campaign but really didn't know where to start or if I honestly could cope with opening myself up to the possibility of being 'trolled' by faceless fat-shamers on a wider scale. And so, with some shame on my part it has to be said, I have remained quiet; but I have been watching, listening, absorbing all sides of the argument and now I am ready to speak.
I am who I am. There are some days when I don't like what I see when I look in the mirror. But there are other days when I think, "I've got two legs and two arms that work, two eyes that see perfectly, two ears to listen, a mouth that permits me the ability to speak my mind and the right to be whoever the hell I want to be.
The great Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "No-one can make you feel inferior unless you give them your permission". I now know that only by speaking up will the message get out that EVERYONE matters; that no-one should be made to feel inferior by another's words or actions; that no-one should get your permission to make you feel inferior.
I am proud to be a part of the rising number of plus size women in the public eye. Vive la difference!
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