(Source: johnkrasinski, via 30rockasaurus)
My Daughter insisted on being “Princess Darth Vader” this year.
Best dad ever.
ALL OF THE AWARDS
“the first word I teach my daughter will be “no”
she will sing it to me and scream it at me
and I will never tell her to quiet down
she will say it when I tell her to go to bed
when I tell her she can’t have anymore candy
or watch anymore television
“no” will be my daughter’s favorite word
not only will I teach her how to say it
but I will teach her to repeat it over and over
again until every single atom in her tiny little body
hums with it
If it makes her less soft than the other girls
I will take her to museums and show her
what marble and stone can become
I will brush her hair and let her wear whatever
she wants
whatever that makes her
she will know
that the world has been built upon “no’s”
upon rejections and refusals and swords
if this makes her a warrior in a field of
flowers, then she will walk without fear
of being trampled on
the first word I teach my daughter will be
“no”
and when she grows up
in a world that tells her
she can’t walk down the street by herself
that “no” will be heard
it will roar and echo down the block
and she will never be told to keep
silent
she will not know the meaning of the word.”
— The First Word I Teach My Daughter (via alonesomes)
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Surrendering myself to the breeze by Siréliss on Flickr.
Just a friendly reminder.
I’m not being snarky when I ask this: How exactly is someone’s size (be it one extreme or the other) mutually exclusive from one’s health (heart/health conditions from obesity are a thing and so is anorexia & Bulimia)? Additionally, how are these aspects of size, relating to health, not the business of the family and friends of the individual who they care about?
I understand that people have a habit of listing themselves under “family and friends” when they really are neither and inflicting their views on people, but, nevertheless, this image doesn’t make sense to my mind. What am I missing here?Body size is not an accurate or informative representation of one’s health.
Health is personal, multidimensional, vague, and should not be representative of one’s moral goodness - though it is often used as a tool to shame and guilt.
Neither of the above is anyone’s business.
If you’re new to the concept that weight does not automatically imply “poor health”, or that the definition of health as accepted by society is not inclusive of those living with mental/chronic illness and/or disability, then you may benefit from doing a little fat-positive research.
Thankfully, we have a page filled with awesome resources and medical studies to support our claims.
Happy reading.
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