This article is tough to read and so is the thread and comments it generated on my Curvy Girl Facebook Page.
Just know it’s heartbreak all around and if you are triggered by this stuff, you might want to skip this thread on my
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This article is from The Body Is Not An Apology blog and is written by Gillian Brown.
Healing the Wounds of Growing Up In a Fat Shaming Family – ORIGINAL LNK HERE
“In the immortal words of Brianna in the classic film Bring It On: All or Nothing, “I’ve always had a big ass. It runs in my family. We’re a big-assed family.”
My family never used to do “thin” well. My father hovered between “normal” and “more to love,” my mother had a substantially emphasised hourglass shape, and both of my younger brothers were noticeably chubby.
As for me? I was fat.” (Snagged from Gillian Brown’s article on The Body is Not An Apology.}