+

borkingtoikea:

undead-daymare:

heyybrianna:

TARA LYNN IS A BEAUTIFUL, PLUS SIZE, FRENCH MODEL WHO IS AN INSPIRATION TO ME AND MANY OTHERS.

THIS GORGEOUS WOMAN NEEDS TO BE SEEN ON TUMBLR WAY MORE OFTEN.

I’M SO SICK OF THE SKINNY CHICKS YOU SEE IN THE HIPSTER CLOTHES IN ALL THE FAD TUMBLR PHOTOS.

THIS IS REAL; STUNNING.

MORE WOMEN LIKE TARA LYNN NEED TO BE SEEN IN MAGAZINES AND THE MEDIA!! <3

I have two things to say about this and I need to say first, that I do think that this girl is very beautiful and I respect what she’s doing for the modelling world and plus-sized modelling. But is she anymore “woman” than the non plus-sized models? Is she anymore “woman” than the skinny hipster girls that we see on tumblr?

The answer is no.

Being a woman is something that can’t be quantified, and it certainly isn’t quantified by your weight.

Some of the most influential women in the feminist movement were in fact thin. Does this make their contribution to “being a woman” any less valid because they weren’t plus-sized? Because they weren’t what you consider to be a “real woman”.

My mother for instance, is a real woman. She’s also a size 3 in most department stores. She is just as pressured by the media to GAIN weight (boobs and an ass) as I am to lose weight.

If anyone were to say that my mother is not a real woman just because she’s 5 ft 8 and 110 pounds, I’d probably slap them silly.

Another thing I’m finding that the plus-sized revolution (so to speak) on tumblr doesn’t understand, is that fashion puts the same amount of pressure on thin models, as they do on plus-sized models.

Plus-sized models  MUST have the correct proportions and they must be OVER a certain range. If they’re under, they’re not true plus-sized women. The majority of the people on tumblr that are associating with these plus-sized models, probably couldn’t even BE a plus-sized model.

Yes, the image they portray is a little bit more realistic than a size 2 or a size 4, but they’re still not representing a realistic body shape. They representing a body shape that their agents and representatives have molded them into so that they can get jobs.

Yes, we need healthier representations of women in media, but they don’t NEED to be plus-sized. We need a representation of every sort of woman in media. Whether they’re thin, thick, black, or white. Pear shaped, hour-glass, rectangle, apple, boyish, waifish, just as long as they’re happy and they’re healthy.

Big is beautiful. So are the thin girls that grace the runways of Paris Fashion Week. So are the “hipster, tumblr, stick chicks”.

Enough with this, “they’re not REAL woman” shit. We’re all real women, regardless of size or weight.

THIS GURL IS SO SEXY.

This woman is beautiful.

She is pretty!

Sweet Satan babies. I wish I was half as gorgeous as her. Her body is proportioned so beautifully. This is the type of woman I find most attractive.

(via sinclairsnape)

1,586 notes
  1. byappointmentonly reblogged this from healthiie
  2. myhistoryisyourmystery reblogged this from healthiie
  3. whoami2day reblogged this from stonedaffection and added:
    I do wish more women looked like this it makes me feel better about my curves.
  4. lanipsey reblogged this from yakutian
  5. yakutian reblogged this from ifitsmewhoareyou
  6. ifitsmewhoareyou reblogged this from playstation360
  7. playstation360 reblogged this from thebaddestchip
  8. aaahh-real-monsters reblogged this from thincunt
  9. trinity21 reblogged this from maurensparrow
  10. maurensparrow reblogged this from surpriserain
  11. ipreferthin198 reblogged this from surpriserain and added:
    true inspiration.
  12. surpriserain reblogged this from getitoffme
  13. a-smile-over-tea reblogged this from healthiie
  14. clinically-i-n-s-a-n-e reblogged this from fearless-melodies
  15. mistresspotato reblogged this from tastethecourage-savoreachbite
  16. tastethecourage-savoreachbite reblogged this from forgofamilyforgofriends
  17. fallintomyowleyes reblogged this from staystrongcauseyouarebeautiful
  18. staystrongcauseyouarebeautiful reblogged this from pudgy-to-pretty
  19. dietdaysareover reblogged this from healthiie
  20. justonelastmoment reblogged this from myfakesmiles
  21. smorenlo92 reblogged this from justf0llowy0urheart
  22. tiedtogether916 reblogged this from fitspo-for-the-masses
  23. aprincessthoughts reblogged this from naysongzbaaby
  24. lovehateidk reblogged this from naysongzbaaby
  25. naysongzbaaby reblogged this from veronicamichele
  26. masksofperfection reblogged this from healthiie
  27. mycottoncaandy reblogged this from strawberrypeach
  28. owngalaxy reblogged this from strawberrypeach and added:
    All those gurls with those beautiful curves
  29. justf0llowy0urheart reblogged this from strawberrypeach
  30. veronicamichele reblogged this from strawberrypeach
  31. justdoitbigxo reblogged this from strawberrypeach
theme by -shrooms