January 2012
19 posts
Don't forget to submit your lovely selves to us!
Show us your winter look! Or bust out a summer picture to remind us that it will be sunny once again.
Remember, we love nudes but to keep this SFW we ask you submit them to other tumblrs like pervertsofcolor.tumblr.com.
And if you are at all able, please make sure you have an accessibility description!
Now lets see those wonderful fat people of color!
Independent study help
Hi, my name is Courtney. I’ve been approved for an independent study and I want to write about the online fat community. If any of you are interested, I would like to know your perspective as to why fat visibility is important and if you feel the online fat community has helped you gain self-acceptance, what areas the online fat community could improve on, and what you see for its future (if anything). My Tumblr is buriedamor.tumblr.com
I don’t know how to set up a link but feel free to visit my page and write in my ask box that you’re interested.
I can interview you via Skype or ooVoo if you’re a better communicator verbally or you can shoot your thoughts in an email.
My email address is cmcobbs@ualr.edu
If you shoot me an email, please let me know your name so I can give credit where credit is due.
I really appreciate you taking the time to read this and I look forward to communicating with some of you. =)
Are fat nudes alright?
Fat nudes are awesome! For this space though, because of accessibility, we try to not have nudes. Our avatar is an example of what’s chill. We aim to keep this blog “safe for work” because we wan people to be able to access it from anywhere. There’s a cool new blog pervertsofcolor.tumblr.com that may be just the place to showcase your fine naked self!
Moving Beauty/ Magnificantly Ugly Photo Project
Inspired by the Ani DiFranco quote and this Mia Mingus speech take a photo (if you want) of yourself (it can be just a head shot or full body shot with or without make up, whatever you want) and speak about you. Your beauty. Your ugly. A beauty and ugly that photos will never do justice to. A beauty and ugly that others will try to taint. A beauty and/or ugly that is your own. A “beauty” that is ugly in magnificent ways. If you decide to post it on tumblr, tag it “moving beauty” and/or “magnificently ugly”. Speak it in ways you may have never spoken it before. Example/reference post
We would love to see this take off and reblog you!
Happy New Beers!
New Year’s outfit:
Jesus Christ, I am gorgeous!
Dress: thrifted gift from Nic, Shoes: H&M
Thanks to CDK for taking these photos!
[Image Description: 5 photos of the same person. A Mexican women with shoulder length black hair with side fringe. She is wearing ablack dress with a flower embroidered chest in a tan color.]
Call for submissions!!! →
fatpeopleofcolor.tumblr.com
Show us what this time of year means to you!
Poems, short stories, about the feelings this time of year brings.
What are you wearing? How are you celebrating the holidays if at all?
What does the year ending mean to you?
Draw, paint, create something to share!If you want to submit something not related to what is said above then go right on ahead! It’s all love! I’ll be working through submissions starting Monday!
Reblogging this because we are always looking for submissions! Send them in here folx! We post only 1 photo a day so be our featured photo of the day! ALL FAT PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT!
“My fellow queers and assorted allies: we have got to stop using arguments like “We were born this way!” and “Being queer is not a choice!” as our first line of defense against heterosexists. It might sound like a neat little trick to pull on these people: if we can’t help being queer, then it’s not fair to punish us for something we didn’t do. But in reality, every time we use this argument we are actually weakening our own position. Shouting “Born this way” from the rooftops is the opposite of progress…. I think the most serious problem with this argument is that it reinforces the idea that we need an excuse to be queer. As a result, using this line subtly supports the idea that being queer requires excusing in some way. Don’t use it. Don’t allow straight people to generate an understanding of queer sexuality that sounds like: “Well, of course Bob wouldn’t wish to be queer, but he was born this way. I guess we better give him equal rights – poor Bob, he just can’t help it. We shouldn’t punish him for something he didn’t choose!”
Meanwhile the real reason that you shouldn’t punish Bob for queerness is because there’s nothing wrong with it!” —Social Justice League - Fauxgress Watch: Born This Way. (via anotherlgbttumblr)
Meanwhile the real reason that you shouldn’t punish Bob for queerness is because there’s nothing wrong with it!” —Social Justice League - Fauxgress Watch: Born This Way. (via anotherlgbttumblr)
