I have this idea.
I was standing in the magazine section of Barnes and Noble the other day and as i looked around all i saw was stick thin people on magazines. And then one caught my eye. Oh shit I thought Adele is on cosmo this might actually be a good copy. So i bought it. The first issue I bought since like high school. So I took it home and started leafing through it. One negative thing after another. the whole magazine just shames one group of people to another from saying that people with tattoos are skanky to completely fat shaming some innocent (well okay probably not completely innocent) celebrity for wearing something they liked. And then I got to the article about Adele. What was there was okay. I could have used a lot more. there were only like 3 pages worth of article about her with about 3 pictures. None of which were full body shots. She had a page of just her face when other cover girls have like a centerfold full body shot.
This really got me thinking. Why arent there any body positive plus size woman magazines?? I want to walk into a store and be able to pick something up and read it and be able to relate to the articles. I want to inspire young women that they can wear whatever they want if it makes them happy and not to give a shit about what people think or to listen to them tell them what they should look like. If there was even one of these types of magazines when I was growing up I may not have been affected by eating disorders or yo-yo dieting and just terrible pain of growing up thinking I wasnt good enough for anyone because I was fat.
I would love to try to create this sort of magazine. Hell it can even start as a newsletter. But I need help. Im only one person. Ill do what i can with what Ive got but Id love to be able to have columns run by different people a column about damn you should really check out these boots i found they have huge calves and go to a size 14! and then i paired it with this outfit or tips to avoid chub rub these products work well or holy crap I made this smoothie and it was delicious this is how you make it or anything along those lines. But I want it written for fat people by fat people.
If anyone is interested in helping me AT ALL please send me a message. I would really appreciate it. Hey maybe it catches on and it turns into more than a newsletter maybe it becomes a website or even an in print magazine. But everything has to start somewhere and its worth a shot right?
I was standing in the magazine section of Barnes and Noble the other day and as i looked around all i saw was stick thin people on magazines. And then one caught my eye. Oh shit I thought Adele is on cosmo this might actually be a good copy. So i bought it. The first issue I bought since like high school. So I took it home and started leafing through it. One negative thing after another. the whole magazine just shames one group of people to another from saying that people with tattoos are skanky to completely fat shaming some innocent (well okay probably not completely innocent) celebrity for wearing something they liked. And then I got to the article about Adele. What was there was okay. I could have used a lot more. there were only like 3 pages worth of article about her with about 3 pictures. None of which were full body shots. She had a page of just her face when other cover girls have like a centerfold full body shot.
This really got me thinking. Why arent there any body positive plus size woman magazines?? I want to walk into a store and be able to pick something up and read it and be able to relate to the articles. I want to inspire young women that they can wear whatever they want if it makes them happy and not to give a shit about what people think or to listen to them tell them what they should look like. If there was even one of these types of magazines when I was growing up I may not have been affected by eating disorders or yo-yo dieting and just terrible pain of growing up thinking I wasnt good enough for anyone because I was fat.
I would love to try to create this sort of magazine. Hell it can even start as a newsletter. But I need help. Im only one person. Ill do what i can with what Ive got but Id love to be able to have columns run by different people a column about damn you should really check out these boots i found they have huge calves and go to a size 14! and then i paired it with this outfit or tips to avoid chub rub these products work well or holy crap I made this smoothie and it was delicious this is how you make it or anything along those lines. But I want it written for fat people by fat people.
If anyone is interested in helping me AT ALL please send me a message. I would really appreciate it. Hey maybe it catches on and it turns into more than a newsletter maybe it becomes a website or even an in print magazine. But everything has to start somewhere and its worth a shot right?
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estrada:
How can I help?
estrada:
Um... I can write a few things now and again!