Why are you here?
So, I was wondering, how did everyone first get to fatshionista and what keeps you coming back? Is it the Fatshion, the politics, or something else?
Mods, I hope this is OK, I'm just interested to know more about the people behind the pics and the comments, and not everyone completes their journal, or even if they do, it's friends only, or not about fat acceptance, etc.
Myself, well I only first became aware that there was such a thing as Fat Acceptance, or Size Acceptance towards the end of last year. I had finally decided once and for all that Weight Watchers was not doing it for me, and that, it was, in fact a major cause of my depression. I had had Wendy Shanker's The Fat Girl's Guide To Life on my Amazon wishlist for over two years, since I'd first seen it on the Torrid website, so I decided to finally order it. Wow! What an eye opener. So I googled a bit. Alot of what I found was sexist, degrading BBW sites and forum which sexualised fat women way too much. I was also given an horrific insight into the world of feeders which I found really disturbing. I was begining to despair of ever finding normal, like minded fat people out there when finally I came across Fatshionista! Finally! I read posts going back for months and I was overjoyed! I also found Kate Hardings Shapely Prose from there too. So from the Fats website to this LJ group. That was a whole new world for me too, having never blogged before and never even knowing of the existance of LJ.
I loved this group from the word go. I love the Fatshions, and they have really encouraged me to try new clothing ideas and change the way I look at how I dress my body. I have also 'met' some absolutely fantastic people on here, who make me realise that my fat body IS great, and that it can be whatever I want it to be! I do also enjoy the politics, having never realising there WAS a political side to fatness before (call me naive, but I was too busy trying to lose my fat to realise!). I think that probably the thing I love the most about this group is the camaraderie of it. Having been an outcast in school and many other aspects of my life, for no other reason than that I have a thicker layer of fat covering my body than many others, it is great to finally be in a group of people who do not judge me harshly because of that. Is that sad? I hope not. It just feels nice to finally belong in a group. I have also had my eyes opened to the feminist movement, and it made me realise that although I have always said I was a feminist, I really wasn't. That's something I am now trying to change by educating myself.