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the grand opening was more than I ever hoped for! We had tons of customers and sold lots of clothes and so many people made appts to bring in clothes to consign! People loved the shop, and promised to come back again and bring friends with them! From teens to eldery ladies, they all came. I was so proud of my store!
My sister and my niece came for support. Bless their hearts. I couldnt have done this without my family and friends who have been there for me. Including this forum! I will be posting photos later, of the incredible art work the Scrapbooking thread folks made for the store. It says "you are so beautiful" and I have it across the bannisters in the back, so that when people walk in, they see the sign greeting them. Its LOVELY! I am home, feet up, relaxing. I am BEAT. LOL. But I am so tickled that my store is finally opened!
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I ran across these.......thought they were sweet....but the name of the ad campaign caused me to post them here
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I'm starting to really embrace my size, its a slow process but I'm gonna get there no matter how long it takes me
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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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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. |
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Okay the guy who writes this is just weird and supportive in that back handed arched eyebrow sort of way......
this is Beth Ditto .....not the author of Nibbly Pig http://nibblypig.wordpress.com/2009/...-and-1-dd-cup/
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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
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Love the main woman in this segment!
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH1tlbAgE5U&feature=related"]Fat Acceptance Part 1 - YouTube[/nomedia] |
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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] |
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Have you all seen this? especially 2:15
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Congrats Tia!
I had hurt my shoulder so I was mostly offline for a while. I am back! Thank you all so much. I am still trying to learn to love my size and feel sexy in this body, it's hard for me. I appreciate you all.. and you all inspire me. Bless you. Am watching the youtubes. *waves to everyone*
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