If you haven't heard, a clothing company named Revolve released a new sweater that has everyone up in arms.
Tess Holliday-Twitter
From my own personal experience of being that one "fat" girl growing up, we don't need this shit in our lives. My entire life, I have grown up hearing people calling me fat. I'm not even fat! It's just the body type that I have!
I'm an active person: I take dance classes, I box, and my job requires me to be moving around on my feet all day. It's not like I'm sitting on the couch eating food all day.
Medically speaking, some people just happen to have heavier body types than others. My friends have worked out day after day and ate only certain foods and still kept their body shape. That's just how some people's bodies are, and that's fricken okay!
Self-confidence is something that I have struggled a lot with and something that I've watched people around me struggle with my entire life. I'm just now starting to feel beautiful, and this company comes and tries to destroy it.
YOUR WEIGHT DOES NOT DEFINE YOUR BEAUTY!!!
Outward appearance is only for the superficial people. Those who care only solely about what you look like are the type of people that you don't want or need in your life. If you date someone just for their appearance and the size they wear in jeans, what are you gonna do? Just stare at one another all day? There has to be something there other than that!
Who is to say what beautiful is? There is not one single definition of beauty. Every different culture has a different definition of beauty, every region of a country has a different definition of beauty, every person has a different definition of beauty, and the only one that should matter is your own.
I don't care if the person in my class next to me thinks that I'm fat. I know that I'm healthy, that my heart and lungs are strong, that my blood pressure is perfect every single time I take it, and that I am happy in the body that I'm in. A body that my boyfriend loves and kisses all over. A body that has carried me through the worst days of my life. A body that has allowed me to enjoy living my life. A body that is covered in scars that tells a story.
I'm 205 pounds and wear a size 14, but you would never guess it.
Kelly Prososki
I have hips and curves. I have thick thighs that carry me wherever I want to go and hold me up. I have a large chest that shows I'm a part of my family. I have love handles that my lover loves to grab. I have thick calves that allowed me to shoot up en pointe in the blink of an eye. I am smart and compassionate, and I think that is beautiful.
I am fucking beautiful.
So Revolve? Shove it.
