Hello, I’ve recently found out this tumblr and I just wanted to ask if you thought that full-figured people can enjoy themselves and be self-confident and try to lose weight at the same time? Also, do you support the movement of body-posi people who are trying to turn the word “fat” into something objective or positive rather than offensive? Thank you.

Hello, I've recently found out this tumblr and I just wanted to ask if you thought that full-figured people can enjoy themselves and be self-confident and try to lose weight at the same time? Also, do you support the movement of body-posi people who are trying to turn the word "fat" into something objective or positive rather than offensive? Thank you.

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Hi there :) Thanks so much for your message :D In answer to your first question, I don’t see any problem at all with fuller figured people enjoying themselves, being self confident and also losing weight at the same time, if they so desire. That’s great!

I do support people who wish to reclaim the word “fat”, but at the same time, not everyone (myself included) likes to be called fat because it has had so much stigma surrounding and still has somewhat negative connotations attached to it. It’s great to see people standing tall and reclaiming “fat”, but if one of my friends came up and said “You’re fat, and that’s cool” or something similar I wouldn’t be too impressed. While I don’t like to be called fat, I still support those who are reclaiming the word.

Thank you for your message :)