Just Be Yourself
Naomi Wolf (via femininobsession)
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A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, [it is] an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.
My boyfriend Ali is 5’10” with friendly blue eyes, a dimpled smile and a fit, muscular body. He’s someone you’d expect to see with a really hot, thin woman…not an overweight girl like me. We’ve been dating for 18 months, and, wherever we go - whether we’re walking hand-in-hand through the mall, airport or down the street in his hometown (Glasgow, Scotland) or mine (San Jose, Calif. …Guess who is featured on Yahoo :)
Reblogging just in case you missed it! Of course I went into this knowing that people would still post some really dumb comments without even reading the whole story. Maybe some people just don’t grow out of the whole reading “books with only pictures” phase. Hehe! ;] So please feel free to share, and post your love and support! <3
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BEFORE & AFTER PHOTOS:
Here is the before and after photo of my american apparel shorts photo. i composited all three photos together to make a more coherent flowing photo while heightening the contrast and lighting. i also used the liquify tool to refine my body parts a little, making them more evened out and slender. i got rid of unnecessary wrinkles in the shorts but could not get rid of all of them! i also added a bluish tint to make the sailor shirt pop out more in contrast to the shorts.
