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I'm A Size Twenty-Two and I'm Not Sorry

My size does not determine who I am as a person and if my size offends you then you can just bite me

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I'm A Size Twenty-Two and I'm Not Sorry
Tess Holiday

I am so tired of seeing so many things hating on any woman who is bigger than the “ideal” size. I am tired of seeing the people who will be mean to any woman who feels confident in their bodies even if the rest of society doesn’t think they live up to today’s beauty standards. It pisses me off to no end when I see a woman who feels beautiful in her wonderful body and then have a random stranger tell them that they shouldn’t. So ya know what? I am a size twenty-two woman and I am not going to take any crap about my size any longer.

Not that it’s any of your business, but I have a medical condition that makes losing weight near impossible. Seriously, I had a doctor tell me point blank that the only way that I would get down to an “ideal” weight would be to starve myself and exercise constantly. And you know what I say to that? Hell no! I am not going to make myself miserable just so random people who I don’t give two cents about won’t be offended. How the hell does my size hurt you? Because you would never want to date me? Good, I wouldn’t want to date a shallow jerk like you anyway. Because you would never want to hang out with me? That’s fantastic, because I wouldn’t be able to stand you constantly putting others down to make yourself feel better. I am a wonderful, kind, funny, compassionate woman and if you judge me solely on my outward appearance then that says a lot about the type of person YOU are.

It pisses me off so much that so many people, not just women, are made to feel like they aren’t good enough because there are so many people out there who think they need to tell them they are overweight. Another person’s weight does not affect you in any way whatsoever. How is them not fitting into your beauty ideals hurting you? Are they sitting on your face? Are they eating your food? How is their appearance hurting you or affecting you in a way that gives you the impression that you have a right to comment on their weight? People get mad when someone comments on a skinny person’s weight and are told they shouldn’t shame them because they wish they looked that good but then turn right around and make fun of a woman who is curvy because she posted a selfie of herself in a bikini. I see the posts saying that she isn’t curvy, she’s fat. They say she needs to put down the cheeseburgers and hit the gym. I see so many trolls hating on her and not one has any right to do so.

I have been this weight for a while and I don’t eat a ton of junk food or fast food. I may not eat as healthy as I should, but I also only eat about once or twice a day. I have spent so many hours crying over my weight, I have cried in dressing rooms because the cute clothes I brought in don’t fit how I want or I don’t like how they look on me. I have gone days without eating because I was so depressed about my weight. Because of the mean things people who don’t know me have said I have felt that I am not good enough to live. Well, no more! I am so tired of feeling ugly because of my size, of feeling like no one will ever want me because of the hateful words other people spew at me. I am a beautiful, funny, smart, kind, full figured woman and anyone who wants to tell me difference because they are offended by my weight will get a smile and a single finger salute. The size of my clothes and number on the scale does NOT determine who I am as a person. This goes for everyone out there, male, female, and everything in between. You are a beautiful, wonderful, kind individual who can do anything you want. Wear whatever makes you happy, eat whatever you want, be whoever you want to be, and don’t let ANYONE tell you differently. And if you do want to lose the weight, be sure that you do it for YOU and not because you think you need to. I am a size twenty-two woman and I am not going to apologize for it. And if my size does offend you then you can just bite my full-figured ass.

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