318 Quotes About Body-image

We should bear in mind the supercrip stereotype as a figure obsessively, indeed maniacally, over-compensating for a perceived physical difference or lack, since, as we shall see, this aspect ties in quite neatly with the genre specificities and narratival concerns of so much Silver Age superhero literature.

Maggie, when will you believe me when I say you're beautiful?""I'm not twenty-five," she replied. "I need to lose ten pounds--""Hush."Angel placed a hand over her mouth. "Don't talk about the woman I'm crazy about like that. It pisses me off, because she's perfect as is.

Figure shaped like a perfect eight;
put it sideways, even if it takes forever,
that’s how long I’ll wait.

You are fine, just the way you are... Bodies come in all shapes and sized. Don't let anyone make you feel any differently. I wanted to believe him, but by then, of course, the damage had been done.

Do something every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body.

Curves and fat and rolls are a colossal ‘fuck you’ to the patriarchy – our accidental rebellion.

i want to leave this place knowing i did something with my body other than trying to make it look perfect

Sometimes you need a reminder that negative comments about your body aren’t even really about your body, they’re about society and our society’s wrongheaded and impossibly narrow definition of a “good” body. Your body didn’t do anything wrong. What’s fucked up about your body is not your body at all, but that your body has to live in a society that thinks it has a right to say fucked up things about your body.

Our bodies cannot truly be hidden, no matter how many black outfits we wear. No matter how many pairs of Spanx we own. No matter how much we suck it in. Doesn't it seem like a better use of our time to just accept the fact that our bodies are our bodies and live our lives like there is no tomorrow? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.