"fat girls didn’t get to be pretty"

[miera_c]

Fascinating post from Marianne in the aftermath of WisCon: Thoughts On A Pink Bathing Suit; Hacking Fat Gender And Considering FemmeBut the fat girl-child is, alas, often the desexualized girl-child and I don’t mean that in a creepy way - maybe it’s the de-gendered girl-child? It’s the way you don’t get the frilly dresses, you don’t get the makeup

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[the_jackalope]

This is interesting. Because I sort of feel the oposite. And I wonder how much of that feeling is because of my experiences growing up.

See, I was a skinny kid. Like skin and bones skinny growing up. So I can't relate to the feeling that feminine things were never for me. However lifestyle choices as an adult have caused me to reach that point where society deems me overweight. But I've found that the more weight I've put on, the more comfortable I am in skirts.