naked-among-wolves:

frogfaceengage:

amilltheghoul:

anarcha-pie:

wormsonaline:

telleboo:

pornocreep:

alxndrmrtnz:

I approve of this message

Women aren’t the only ones told to look a certain way

Hooray for the Male Body!

i would.

Except no-one expects men to look like CK models
popular media constantly shows fat/stupid men having “hot” wives

men are not constantly harassed on the street if they don’t fit the social norm of what is “attractive”

Men aren’t blamed for their sexual assault if they are “sexy”


Fuck you, OP

Shut the fuck up you big stupid idiot.

I approve of this post.

I’m sorry: “men are not constantly harassed on the street if they don’t fit the social norm of what is “attractive””? I don’t fit what is considered to be an ‘attractive man’ (probably because people perceive me as somewhat androgynous) and I’ve been asked many times in quite rude and demeaning ways whether I’m male or female. Someone even said “was that a bitch or a boy?”. Of course people harass men who aren’t considered “attractive”. I think it’s very narrow minded of someone to think that not a single man is harassed because of what he looks like.

Those guys are actually not that bad-looking. If chubby women can look beautiful, then chubby men can look handsome

Also as far as sexual assault goes, no one barely even talks about it happening to a man.  At least we talk about it with women.  At least it’s made visible with women.  Men are actually told not to say anything, period, because, “What man would complain about a woman doing this to them?”  "What man would complain about being raped by a woman?“  "What man doesn’t want it?”  And if it’s a man doing it to another man, he’s shamed into not saying anything.  "Do you really want to tell people you were fucked by a man?“  

The point of this post is to show that the expectations of society work both ways.  Because it does.  And you just proved it with the "except men aren’t treated like this.”  At least we know that women have ridiculous expectations, whereas with men we assume that things are simple, there are no expectations from them at all.  They can just walk around and be men, that’s it.  Now I’m not saying that women don’t have it hard, but don’t just assume that there is zero expectations of men.  That’s not how this works.  That’s not how equality wants.  We want to be equal, not, “shut up you don’t get to weigh in on this because you’re a man.”  Men have feelings too, and the assumption that they don’t is a problem.

Also, what makes you think that just because the chubby guy gets the girl on T.V. that he has it so easy in real life?  You think they’re just funny all the time and are able to bag a girl with the power of their humor?  You think plus sized men don’t get made fun of?  You think they don’t get teased?  If you want us to not believe everything we see on T.V. in regards to women and body image and things like that, the same goes for men too.  

Body image discrimination isn’t sexist, it effects both sides, it’s just that we usually hear about one side (female) more.

thefrogman:

waspberries:

Bringing Sexy Back by Paige Snider [tumblr]

A comic about me not being sexy. All real experiences how fun!

Yeah this is pretty much me  ^^;;;  Confidence is sexy, and just being you is sexy.  I’ve learned this over the years with my wifey  :)

Oh man I absolutely hated that logic of, “Oh man you’re so pretty for a big girl,” or, “She’s cute in the face,” as in, “Her face is pretty but the rest of her body…” like fuck you very much, sir or madame.  

I’d love to see a talk show have one of those “I use to be fat and was picked on, but now I’m gorgeous,” episodes.  Only the person who use to be “fat” comes out and is still fat, they’re just more confident in themselves, and that’s what makes them beautiful.

thefrogman:

There are people who are convinced that shame and guilt are effective ways to motivate someone to address their weight issues. A recent study has indicated that this method can actually make things much worse.

When a person with overeating issues gets depressed, food is often what they use to seek comfort. You are not helping. You are not being supportive. You are not giving us “tough love.” You are triggering our depression and causing us to eat even more.

Please stop making us eat your words. They are very… fattening. 

Artwork by Sarah Johnson [website | tumblr | twitter]

Reblogging for truth.

sassy-chubbies:

Man/woman/them/both/whatever you are, you are ALL beautiful, no matter what! -G

Oh god this is precious  ;__;

beautifullyrandompants:

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it. 

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

THis made me cry why are people horrible

Reblogging every time I see it because it’s so painfully true.

smallerbenz:

Reblog if you do too. Just to prove that it is more normal than what people actually think.

Stretch marks are just lines of art across your beautiful body  :)