The Fat Positive Lounge

[LeftWriteFemme]

http://www.nearsightedowl.com/2013/0...n-fantasy.html

[PearlsNLace]

Is there some reason that pantyhose makers all seem to think that 3x & 4x women must all be 5foot 4 or shorter, with long long waist lines?

I'm just fed up with crotchs that stop three inches past my knees yet the top of the things can almost touch my bra strap.

Oh.. and I also want funky colors like Kermit green and tangerine, lace hose and ones with the black line that do ...indeed.. go all the way up.

Why is this so difficult to find?

For the record I'm five nine, with most of my junk in the trunk and at my thighs. If I was skinny I'd probably have a flat chest and still have a booty to jiggle and then some.


Thank you. Rant over.

[Bad_boi]

Found this, Its a good read.

http://queerfatfemme.com/2013/02/15/...our-fat-lover/

[Licious]

Been sick, been gone, came through to catch up. Hope all are doing well. *waves*

[nycfem]

Sending body lovin' vibes to all my friends!

[nycfem]

gotta love this

[Spirit Dancer]

I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.

Every child has the spirit of creation. The rubbish of life often exterminates the spirit through plague and a souls own wretchedness.

Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.
Peter Paul Rubens

[nycfem]

Here's a kinda interesting article about a lesbian who had weight loss surgery and wrote a memoir about the mental process of it all:

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-livin...163900419.html

[nycfem]

This week a colleague at work was complaining about another colleague and said, "She's just fat and miserable." It was said like, "She's just fat and lazy," or, She's just a fat slob." People have no trouble combining "fat" with all these negative words, and it's so accepted that it's even said to a fat person (me) without a second thought. And this was by a colleague who likes me!

[clay]

Just stopping by to say hi to all the most beautiful women here!! Clay loves each and every one of you...you are the most gorgeous women ever! from one very admiring BBB (beautiful BIG Butch)...<winks>

[Soft*Silver]

I havent been very busy on BFP, let alone this thread. I had shoulder surgery. My world kinda slowed down quite a bit.

While I was out having surgery and recuperating, some of my best clients who have also become some of my best friends, took over my store and kept it running. Every day it was opened, customers came in or called, to get updates on me. I felt so blessed to have been blessed with the community of women who come into my store. All joined together simply by size initially, and then by love for themselves and each other afterwards. Our store has become a haven for women to find worth for themselves, by offering it to each other.

[Soft*Silver]

how exciting! A SECOND plus size shop has opened, in the nearest large city by me. Its still an hour away but at least people have a choice of TWO shops to go to! I am so thrilled to have another sister store!

When i contacted her, she told me she was happy I didnt see her as a competitor. Please. We bigger women need more stores. And competition only makes us do our best! I cant see any reason to make them feel like they have to worry about me! We are all in this together.

its prom season and while I no longer take prom dresses, I am on the board of a special non profit called Diva Donations. They lease out prom dresses at ridiculously low cost, to gals who cant afford to buy a new dress. For $25 the girl gets a barely used or a brand new gown (stores have been donating them to this cause!) for her prom. When she returns it, she gets all but $10 back. The $10 dry cleans the dress, which is all the dry cleaner involved charges this non profit. The girls also can get jewelry and shoes and purses under the same lease!

It has been wonderful helping the DD closet out. So many plus sized girls come to me for gowns and I just dont carry them. Divas do not have alot of plus sized gowns but they do as best as they can. The smiles on their faces when they step out of the fitting room is priceless.

I have donated racks, mirrors, shoes, purses, new make up, hosiery, etc to get them started. They have almost 2000 dresses and opened up a second branch in the next county. out of the 2000 dresses, only 30 are plus sized....but at least there are 30 for girls to pick from!

Sometimes, the best way to live life is to take the thing that makes people the saddest and make it the happiest for them..

[LeftWriteFemme]

[SugarFemme]

This. Yep. I LOVE it. Wish I could live it.

Originally Posted by LeftWriteFemme

[Soft*Silver]

I have shared with all of you the wonderment of my shop for plus size women. Now I must share the sadness of its closing. I am unable to physically do the work required and cannot keep up with the demands of the shop. I cannot afford to hire help, as it is still a fledgling business. It is breaking my heart to do this but I have not been able to catch up ever since I had complete shoulder replacement surgery. Even three months later, I am still struggling to move clothes from one rack to another, let alone move racks themselves. I cannot reach to get mannequins down to change their outfits. Hanging new items on hangers is so repetitive that its straining my incision area.
I am announcing this to my public on July 1st. I will close August 1st.

I will offer the items back to the consignors. Those who do not want to come get them can agree for them to be donated to local charities.

Even this amount of work is daunting. How will i ever do this?

[peachy]

I'm really slim with curves and always have been and I always looked enviously at more shapely robust looking women. Especially in my teens when I was kind of Kylie slim. I felt girlish and I wanted to be womanly and sexy.

I think what is usually described as fat is sumptuously sexy to look at. I love looking at women with big thighs and hips whether they are butch, femme or anything else I think it's sexy. Mmm. Someone I fancied a while back came home from travelling and had lost weight - I was really dismayed...I find it annoying when women complain about being too fat. Not annoyed with the women, I feel sad for them. I feel annoyed with society, misogyny, or wherever it is that this horrible attitude originated.

I think Kathy Bates is hot!!

The bigger the better the tighter the sweater...

[Licious]

Still working on body image and self acceptance. This thread is a great help. I live in an upscale community, many have a great deal of money, fashionable but understated clothes, immaculate grooming, perfect salon hair, thin, tiny bodies... even older women are fashionably skinny. My lack of fancy clothing and portly figure stick out even more because of it. And I am still working on loving my plus size. I appreciate all of you, thanks.

[Gemme]

Love THIS woman!

[peachy]

I liked that previous Rubens picture so much that I am back with another one. I love these!! They actually make me feel horny. I'm looking at this image and can feel the nerves in my skin start to open up, and want more. I'm looking at that subtle undulation around the hip and feel like I want to touch it. I want her to turn around so I can look at all of her. It's actually making me want to take my clothes off and get in the picture too. That's the sign of a good artist! (Also I've not had any for a while lol)

Slim women however attractive, sexy, interesting just don't have this effect on me because the physical attraction is not there. There isn't quite the right emotional connect for me to really have the hots for a feminine woman anyway but physically I can still find their bodies sexually arousing.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Rubens_111.jpg

[Bad_boi]

Dear Dad, you are awesome and I am very lucky to be your son.
Love, Danny