Hello All,
I was reluctant to pop over and post on this thread after reading personal comments made by the OP about me; however, the more I've thought about it, the more I've thought I'd like my right to reply. It's only fair? Surely? OP, whilst I noticed you had prefixed some of your comments with 'nothing personal' please know that the statement does not negate the personal nature of the things you said.
I read your comments about me last night:
'Diamond and Pearls comes under the second category with the OTT make up/jewellery/clothes. Neither of them do plus size people any favours, contrary to what they might think, they just make us more objects of fun.'
And whilst at first I laughed them off as petty to my boyfriend, he could see how upset underneath the laughter they had made me as the more I looked at them the more they hurt and the more responses I read throughout the thread, responses about other bloggers, the more angry I became at how mean, spiteful and jealous other women can be about other women just trying to make a change.
You see, OP, I'm not claiming to have personally changed the world by wearing makeup, putting on jewellery and wearing bright clothes (all OTT in your opinion, whatever) however I know, that I, and many other bloggers (named on here and out there on the internet) HAVE made a change to the way other women look at themselves, feel about themselves and have started making changes to the way plus size women are treated in the media, society, fashion and so on an so forth. So whilst you feel we are making you 'objects of fun' I completely reject this and would urge you to take a deeper look at the changes such a progressive community are making to make things better FOR YOU! Most of us, all whilst having full time jobs and families and social lives, you know, reasons why we don't have time to make spiteful jealous comments on the internet.
In fact OP, I also need to thank you, your thread has driven lots of new followers to my pages and I'm sure the pages of other bloggers named on here too and this will only be at a positive to these women, who can join in on the positivity that plus size bloggers try to bring.
I'm sorry you dislike yourself so much that you felt the need to make personal, comments about women you don't know, but whilst I note you dislike my style and a few others, I hope you've managed to find some resources through recommendations on here that will help you reach a more positive, happy self.
I have received so many lovely messages from women who have visited my social media pages from this thread and if my my 'OTT makeup, jewellery and bright clothes' have bought some positivity to just one person then I'm happy. I was bullied terribly as a child and teenager, about how I looked, my weight and everything inbetween and it took at lot for me to be as confident as I am now, but that doesn't make me invincible, I'm still human and I hope you're happy with the comments you made about me and others.
How about trying and learning to be kinder and nicer? It will take you so much further! I promise!
Also, just a side note. No where, in my blog or social media do I tell people that they should be 'obese', this thread and the comments within it are living proof that there is no glorifying obesity, you've only got to read here for a few minutes to see how much fat people have to go through just to be able to be treated like normal human beings.