#Plus size models who posed topless free#

Out rolled Glamour’s expanded coverage of plus-size naked models, then came V’s size issue with shot after shot of plus-size model in states of undress - seemingly more scantily clad than the straight-size models in any typical issue of the magazine. Perhaps magazines were trying to re-create the sensation Lizzie Miller made when Glamour shot her nude a year ago. Something we’ve bemoaned repeatedly on this blog is how plus-size models are routinely shot nude, as if for shock value. I can’t believe I still need to ask for inclusion.A number of things feel off about the fashion industry’s supposed movement to embrace and glorify women who are bigger than a size 2. Now you can include me and my disabled siblings. In case you need evidence or proof of our validity, this is what a disabled body looks like. In case you didn’t know trans people with a disability are real, this is what a trans disabled body looks like. In case your feminism excludes disabled people, this is what a disabled body looks like. In case your body positivity only celebrates able bodies, this is what a disabled body looks like. In case your only exposure to disabled bodies has been able-bodied actors ‘cripping up’, this is what a disabled body looks like. In case the media hasn’t represented anything like it, this is what a disabled body looks like. In case you’ve never seen one, this is what a disabled body looks like. “In case you’re not sure, this is what a disabled body looks like. In this image, they show us themselves stripped down.

#Plus size models who posed topless free#

Saucye West’s Fat and Free Campaign ( post shared by Ruby Allegra on at 5:38pm PSTĪllegra’s identities sit at an intersection of many: queer, disabed, trans, and an activist - just to name a few. This week, we embrace “New Year, NUDE You” and celebrate bigger bodies and their resilience and beauty. This week, we strip away the fancy clothing and fashion options that we adorn ourselves to celebrate our outer as well as inner selves. That we must consume, but don’t consume too much.īecause we are too much but also never enough. Over and over again, we have to rebuild our confidence and protect our psyches against both subtle and blatant attacks telling us that we will never be enough. With the “right” amount of exercise and dieting, the drive and desire to make a change, to “just work hard enough” to be different… we could just unzip our fat selves and a thin, “whole” human being would simply step out: sparkling, new, and perfect.īut what about those of us who are content in our bodies, or want to be happy and content simply as who we are? These constant messages of inadequacy erode at even the strongest resolve and the happiest people. Sometimes it feels as though the rest of the world thinks that we are aliens walking around in fat costumes. “New Year, NEW YOU!” posted across billboards and businesses, and even slinking into our homes and phones via Facebook posts. As we move into January, we’re inundated with diet talk.