I ran across these.......thought they were sweet....but the name of the ad campaign caused me to post them here

http://adsoftheworld.com/files/image...nt.preview.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_KYXmcfChca4/...rey+Israel.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...-campaign.html

it happened again. And older woman came into my store and after she had touched (and I mean that..touched, not gone through) three racks, she turned to me with tears in her eyes and said "I am so glad you are here"

this astounds me every time.

It also astounds me when I ask women what size they are, so i can help them look, sometimes their faces change, like I just insulted them. I asked them for a number. Not if they had masturbated that morning. But I might as well have! Fear, anger, shame, fierce self protectiveness from cruelty....man it all races across their face. I have learned to hold their eyes and smile...softly...not too much because then it becomes obscene. A soft smile with soft eyes, as tho to say "ease up missus, I mean you no harm"

and sure enough, they ease up. They realize they are safe to say that number out loud. No one is going to laugh. Or taunt. Or sneer. Nor shame.

I watch as people pass by my window display where it is written what sizes we carry. Women sometimes stop in, but sometimes, I see the look change from curious, to that innate sense of fight or flight and they run...women who are obviously plus size. These women, I figure, are so out of body, they cannot even conceive of being seen reading a plus size store window....I could be misreading them but I have seen this occur several times. They turn tail and run away...

I had a dog and her owner come into the store today. Her missus didnt want to come in but I beckoned her. I need to keep a treat bowl for pups in the store!

Some children came in with mom, and they were SO EXCITED I had a play area. And were so good..they picked up after themselves. Mom was SO EXCITED she could shop without kids whining they were bored. I did good!

I had a steady flow of customers all day. My biggest fear was I would create this shop and no one would come. And the people coming, are coming in from very little advertising. Just wait until I get more marketing out there!

Life...is good.

I am a lurker in this thread. I'm not considered fat, but like many women I just have body image issues. And this thread for me is more than just embracing the fact that you are fat and that there is nothing wrong with it. To me it inspires me to accept and embrace my own body, with it's many "flaws" whatever they may be. So thank you to all of you confident BBW.

Miss Tia, best of luck to you and your store. Sounds like you are enjoying yourself and the community is happy to have you.

Thanks, Beloved! You and anyone, whether thin or fat or whatever size, are very welcome here to lurk or post! I just wanted to carve out a little space where someone could go to get some body positive energy and support :)

One of my favorite artists is Jan Saudek. I love his unapologetic embrace of women's "flaws." Not sure if this image will work but:

http://www.saudek.com/photos/93-01.jpg

In the same way that a scar can be seen as sexy, so too can a roll of fat or a body that has unusual proportions.

http://www.starling-fitness.com/wp-c...dBeautiful.jpg

http://www.starling-fitness.com/arch...and-beautiful/

Okay the guy who writes this is just weird and supportive in that back handed arched eyebrow sort of way......

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/a...400-121108.jpgthis is Beth Ditto .....not the author of Nibbly Pig

http://nibblypig.wordpress.com/2009/...-and-1-dd-cup/

found this interesting, too
 

Welcome to the thread Beloved,

I truly don't think that this is just for celebrating people of size, but celebrating people as a whole. Far too often our society places beauty in the context of size, making alot of us think that being skinny/slim etc is the key to being beautiful ~ of course the rest of us know better, but when we are inundated with images of thin women and people believe that those pics are the end all be all of beauty it gets frustrating. Its about time that society begin to embrace all of its imperfections ~ if God wanted us all to be skinny then he'd have made us that way, but he didn't so I believe that we are all who we are for a very good reason ........... lets all remember to embrace ourselves, love ourselves however we look and know that we are worth being valued as human beings (f)

Wow, LWF, this was great! I would love to do roly poly kissagrams :)

I am sure you would be great at it!

Love the main woman in this segment!

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH1tlbAgE5U&feature=related"]Fat Acceptance Part 1 - YouTube[/nomedia]

Love all the confidence, energy, and fun in this. It's all about not putting life on hold and learning to love oneself!

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0fZvC581tc&feature=related"]Fox 11 Special Report: Done with Dieting - YouTube[/nomedia]

Have you all seen this? especially 2:15
 

Love this, LWF! OutKast sings another favorite mine: Ms. Jackson (can never get the tune out of my head!)

Feminism, weight, and the Olympics!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/fat-fit...HRlc3QD;_ylv=3