tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post1076751357991037502..comments2022-04-01T20:40:29.236+01:00Comments on this is how it feels...: Back to Acceptable Flesh or "It's not just pretty lines and colours!"Maggie Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17822729383496951698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post-3207044564587760252013-04-02T18:59:31.787+01:002013-04-02T18:59:31.787+01:00I am so grateful to you all for taking the time an...I am so grateful to you all for taking the time and the thought to comment here. This is such an emotive issue for all of us and sometimes not easily or lightly spoken about. I value the opportunity and the privilege to create a dialogue here with you. <br />I suppose what we all need is to feel valued and appreciated for who we are and how we interact and engage in the world. The idea that we are judged instead by such an inconsequential physical agenda seems nonsensical and to the detriment of our society. XMaggie Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822729383496951698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post-29576197507745682212013-03-31T10:50:59.306+01:002013-03-31T10:50:59.306+01:00I can relate to what you are saying so much. In re...I can relate to what you are saying so much. In recent years my body shape has changed since I've not been able to exercise due to illness. The changes brought a loss of sense of self & a huge loss in confidence. I am getting to know & appreciate this "new" physical me but the journey to acceptance can be hard & painful as my new shape is not the shape I see on tv, in media images and is not catered for in the clothes shops I used to love. I am two stones heavier than I used to be but seem to have crossed over a line set in the sand sizewise that sees me being categorised in a very different way & I am shocked & feel so sad about this. Em Mimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post-65349743242593983072013-03-26T11:05:05.353+00:002013-03-26T11:05:05.353+00:00YES! thank you for such a well written piece. xoxo...YES! thank you for such a well written piece. xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post-83358736362317488742013-03-26T02:17:05.361+00:002013-03-26T02:17:05.361+00:00Hi Maggie,
I, personally, never give someone else&...Hi Maggie,<br />I, personally, never give someone else's size a second thought ... but I have always worried that they judge me. <br />Last year, knowing I was going to turn 65 (for goodness sake's) , I gave my self permission to stop worrying what other's thought of my 2Xness. <br />Guess what happened ? <br />I started sliming down, ever so slowly, and have lost 15 pounds since last Febuary ... 12 of which I had no idea until friends started saying 'you're looking great' ! <br />I did however start walking in my pool last summer... not to lose weight, but to try to strengthen this aging, arthritic body. As a result of less worrying I found I wasn't needing the food either !<br />I'll be 65 yrs. old tomorrow and I'm somewhere between a 1X and an X .... who knew that all that stress was helping me keep the weight ?<br />Loved your talk and sure didn't mean to write a tome !Threadpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575214840766105122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post-56091756000335372062013-03-25T19:56:55.785+00:002013-03-25T19:56:55.785+00:00from childbirth onward my body has been varying de...from childbirth onward my body has been varying degrees of Rubenesque...the only reason this currently concerns me, at my age, is it would greatly enhance my quality of life, if I weighed less. it would also be interesting to know how much society (the people around me, particularly females) influenced my feelings about my self image.<br /><br />your feelings are well said; well written Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190818502083380091.post-73955016371924802242013-03-25T19:26:19.418+00:002013-03-25T19:26:19.418+00:00'Rather what I want is for all of us, irrespec...'Rather what I want is for all of us, irrespective of gender, age, race or size, to question a society that favours the pursuit of artificial, flawless youthfulness, when it is an insidious illusion, which damages, devalues and disables.' Well said Maggie. Fat is still a feminist issue and the pain is still prevalent. I think the intellect in your work raises it way above the pretty lines and colours!Julie Shacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978513684928886635noreply@blogger.com