"Women who are fat are said to have ‘let themselves go.’ The very phrase connotes a loosening of restraints. Women in our society are bound. In generations past, the constriction was accomplished by corsets and girdles…. Women today are bound by fears, by oppression, and by stereotypes that depict large women as ungainly, unfeminine, and unworthy of appreciation…. Above all, women must control themselves, must be careful, for to relax might lead to the worst possible consequence: being fat."

“Letting Ourselves Go: Making Room for the Fat Body in Feminist Scholarship,” by Cecilia Hartley (via shakethecobwebs)

(Source: rufflebutts, via ozfatshion)

7 months ago  Notes (2627)
  1. digestivepyrotechnics reblogged this from thisfan
  2. ocean-zombie reblogged this from fairy-alien-princess
  3. forrestcasual reblogged this from arrastrada
  4. cufats reblogged this from saturniinae
  5. acolderwar reblogged this from who-let-the-nerds-out
  6. who-let-the-nerds-out reblogged this from activismandsnaps
  7. activismandsnaps reblogged this from hipsandhighfashion
  8. astrangedelight reblogged this from loveyourchaos
  9. simply-inadequate reblogged this from nekomarie
  10. laninaseria reblogged this from saturniinae
  11. senoritaverde reblogged this from hiphopcheerleader
  12. hiphopcheerleader reblogged this from faysbook
  13. faysbook reblogged this from teaplusbeardspluscake
  14. shelovesthecream reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  15. poems-express-my-inner-emotions reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  16. elizabeth517 reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  17. lying-lion reblogged this from cardboardcolossus
  18. secretlyexistant reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  19. cardboardcolossus reblogged this from longdeadstar
  20. syrenna reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  21. longdeadstar reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  22. adenamongthestars reblogged this from part-l-ypoison
  23. part-l-ypoison reblogged this from frrrass
  24. dispositions-of-a-dreamer reblogged this from fattiboombalatti
  25. marshmallow-cake reblogged this from embodystyle
  26. decoratemyworldkt reblogged this from aloverstale
  27. dolphincakes reblogged this from justalicatt
  28. rideunicornstoworkday reblogged this from lobectomy
  29. lobectomy reblogged this from the2ndsaint
  30. beccawasheree reblogged this from aloverstale
  31. neonlexa reblogged this from aloverstale