Who says plus size girls don't have curves?

OP you are fierce. Don't let a fatphobic woman on the internet get to you. You work that bathing suit.

You can be plus-sized and curvy and you can be underweight and curvy.

The problem is when "curvy" becomes a euphamism for "overweight." They're two separate things.

This!!!!!

Exactly! Thin girls can have curves, overweight girls can have curves. Curvy is a body type much the same way as apple and pear are. The issue is when people start to use curvy generically as a synonym for plus sized or overweight.

Phenomenal topic Op! I absolutely love that you created a thread celebrating curves. I also hear people who say that they are annoyed by plus size women equating themselves with being curvy or "thick", and they feel that these women are being dead wrong about it. Whether obese and curvaceous or thin and curvaceous, people are always going to pick something to criticize you about. Who gives two sh*ts what they think?? Confidence is hot no matter what body shape/size you are, and you, op, are a great example of that.

Unhealthy is unhealthy and no amount of confidence can change that

You can be unhealthy and thin. You do know that right?

This post is not about health status. It's about women being confident in their curves.

Just because you hated being plus size doesn't mean other women should.

No they shouldnt and if they are so confident then my words should not bother them either.

More shaming. I find that so disgusting. People have a hard enough time building their self esteem and loving themselves even when they get to their goal weight/size. Learning to love 'themselves" isn't an excuse to not get healthy. Getting fit isn't just a physical thing, it is a mental thing.

If you hate yourself or others that are taking positive steps in their mental health by accepting themselves, then I think maybe you should seek counseling because that has to be a horrible way to live. Please seek help and learn to be happy :flowerforyou:


Also, for people that have taken to body shaming, being judgmental on others (like transsexuals), and trying to down on others improved self-esteem....I can only hope your children turn out better.

Stop bullshi**ing yourself and get on the reality train here
life isnt roses and the truth is the truth

Truth being the truth, body fat % is much greater indicator of health than over all weight. You can be at a "healthy weight", but still be in the same risk catagory as being obese. Visceral fat being a key indicator. Based on the one picture you have there, I would say you probably shouldn't be talking so much smack.

No ones perfect the key is to keep worjink on it instead of excusing yurself by using "curvy" or "husky"

Please point out ONE instance in this thread that someone said they were excusing not being healthy by describing themselves as curvy or husky.

http://www.hanneblank.com/blog/2011/06/23/real-women/

Real women do not have curves. Real women do not look like just one thing.

Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.

Real women start their lives as baby girls. And as baby boys. And as babies of indeterminate biological sex whose bodies terrify their doctors and families into making all kinds of very sudden decisions.

Real women have big hands and small hands and long elegant fingers and short stubby fingers and manicures and broken nails with dirt under them.

Real women have armpit hair and leg hair and pubic hair and facial hair and chest hair and sexy moustaches and full, luxuriant beards. Real women have none of these things, spontaneously or as the result of intentional change. Real women are bald as eggs, by chance and by choice and by chemo. Real women have hair so long they can sit on it. Real women wear wigs and weaves and extensions and kufi and do-rags and hairnets and hijab and headscarves and hats and yarmulkes and textured rubber swim caps with the plastic flowers on the sides.

Real women wear high heels and skirts. Or not.

Real women are feminine and smell good and they are masculine and smell good and they are androgynous and smell good, except when they don’t smell so good, but that can be changed if desired because real women change stuff when they want to.

Real women have ovaries. Unless they don’t, and sometimes they don’t because they were born that way and sometimes they don’t because they had to have their ovaries removed. Real women have uteruses, unless they don’t, see above. Real women have vaginas and clitorises and XX sex chromosomes and high estrogen levels, they ovulate and menstruate and can get pregnant and have babies. Except sometimes not, for a rather spectacular array of reasons both spontaneous and induced.

Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise. Doesn’t make them any less real.

There is a phrase I wish I could engrave upon the hearts of every single person, everywhere in the world, and it is this sentence which comes from the genius lips of the grand and eloquent Mr. Glenn Marla:

There is no wrong way to have a body.


I’m going to say it again because it’s important: There is no wrong way to have a body.

And if your moral compass points in any way, shape, or form to equality, you need to get this through your thick skull and stop with the “real women are like such-and-so” crap.

You are not the authority on what “real” human beings are, and who qualifies as “real” and on what basis. All human beings are real.

Yes, I know you’re tired of feeling disenfranchised. It is a tiresome and loathsome thing to be and to feel. But the tit-for-tat disenfranchisement of others is not going to solve that problem. Solidarity has to start somewhere and it might as well be with you and me.

the best thing i've read today ^^^

BS, I have plenty of curves

Heck yeah you can be big and still have curves! Heres a picture from last year at my heaviest, I may have been 345 lbs but I definitely had the good kind of curves!

the best thing i can say to anyone in this thread is this

Are you happy? if not, fix it. Plus, big, husky, curvy, shapely, big boned....etc....who cares. Are you happy?

I disagree.. I was happy at 360 pounds but I still needed to fix it so I could lead an even MORE awesome life! Just because you're not miserable doesn't mean you shouldn't work on improving yourself! :happy:

hold on. Not miserable isnt the same as happy.

For me, do I mind being large? Not at all. What I dont mind is not being able to go do things. So while I am not misserable right now, I am most certainly not happy about my size and only because I want to be able to go do things. if I could go kayaking and hiking and play baseball to my satisfaction at my size, I would have no reason to lose weight.

ok, then I agree with you! I was happy at my size but having to use the "bigboy" kayak was a pain in the *kitten*.. can't wait until I can fit in a regular one!

You are all gorgeous. I think I will always have a badonka donk, I just need to lose 15 or so and tighten that ish up. Here is me trying on work clothes (yay selfies).



Edit: sorry I don't know how to photo.

http://www.hanneblank.com/blog/2011/06/23/real-women/

Real women do not have curves. Real women do not look like just one thing.

Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.

Real women start their lives as baby girls. And as baby boys. And as babies of indeterminate biological sex whose bodies terrify their doctors and families into making all kinds of very sudden decisions.

Real women have big hands and small hands and long elegant fingers and short stubby fingers and manicures and broken nails with dirt under them.

Real women have armpit hair and leg hair and pubic hair and facial hair and chest hair and sexy moustaches and full, luxuriant beards. Real women have none of these things, spontaneously or as the result of intentional change. Real women are bald as eggs, by chance and by choice and by chemo. Real women have hair so long they can sit on it. Real women wear wigs and weaves and extensions and kufi and do-rags and hairnets and hijab and headscarves and hats and yarmulkes and textured rubber swim caps with the plastic flowers on the sides.

Real women wear high heels and skirts. Or not.

Real women are feminine and smell good and they are masculine and smell good and they are androgynous and smell good, except when they don’t smell so good, but that can be changed if desired because real women change stuff when they want to.

Real women have ovaries. Unless they don’t, and sometimes they don’t because they were born that way and sometimes they don’t because they had to have their ovaries removed. Real women have uteruses, unless they don’t, see above. Real women have vaginas and clitorises and XX sex chromosomes and high estrogen levels, they ovulate and menstruate and can get pregnant and have babies. Except sometimes not, for a rather spectacular array of reasons both spontaneous and induced.

Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise. Doesn’t make them any less real.

There is a phrase I wish I could engrave upon the hearts of every single person, everywhere in the world, and it is this sentence which comes from the genius lips of the grand and eloquent Mr. Glenn Marla:

There is no wrong way to have a body.


I’m going to say it again because it’s important: There is no wrong way to have a body.

And if your moral compass points in any way, shape, or form to equality, you need to get this through your thick skull and stop with the “real women are like such-and-so” crap.

You are not the authority on what “real” human beings are, and who qualifies as “real” and on what basis. All human beings are real.

Yes, I know you’re tired of feeling disenfranchised. It is a tiresome and loathsome thing to be and to feel. But the tit-for-tat disenfranchisement of others is not going to solve that problem. Solidarity has to start somewhere and it might as well be with you and me.

I love it!!

Me at the beach - around 180 lbs. My hands are covering it, but my waist is def smaller than my hips and waaaay smaller than my boobs!

You are my goal

You may not be now but you will be. You're not your grandparents so dont count on those statistics. All that wear and tear on your body and organs from the extra padding. But hey if you want to prance around and call yourself curvy and embrace it and hope people think it is beautiful more power to ya, and chances are some people do think it is hot. I am just not one of those people. I will be a good friend and tell you that you are overweight, I love you, lets work on this together so I can ensure we have a long happy healthy friendship. No one is expected to be a supermodel or rail thin, just a normal healthy weight.
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It's like the fatkini thread all over again...:grumble:

I think "curvy" is a shape, not a size. There are curvy thin women and curvy overweight women. My sister is a good example. She has been overweight and she has been thin, but she has always been a curvy shape no matter what size she is. My sister-in-law, on the other hand, is not curvy, she's just round. This is not mean, it's just fact.

There are plenty of plus size curvy girls, but there are also plenty of plus size girls who aren't curvy, too. I think when people say overweight girls just call themselves curvy to feel better, they are talking about the ones who aren't curvy. I don't think they are implying that being curvy is impossible in an overweight girl, cuz that's just not true. :flowerforyou: