So when my wifey was making my Mario dress we needed a petticoat. We tried finding plus sized ones and… hahahahahahaha… yeah.
So then we decided that we would buy some smaller ones and kinda sew them together or something? And then the wifey was like, “Forget it, I’ll make my own.”
And now we’re offering petticoats at our Etsy shop :)
turakamuNext up in the Plus Size Belly Dancers series is ~~~ CRYSTAL_Z of Tamarind Tribal (Milwaukee WI)!!! I just adore all of the colors in her costumes! Don’t you? In CrytsalZ’s own words, she says she “began teaching because she wanted to share with other women that we all have a Goddess within us and ATS® allows you to find her”. I LOVE THAT!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
To find out more about CrystalZ, go to Tamarind’s website: http://www.tamarindtribalbellydance.com/id78.html And, of course, there are more photos of CrystalZ on my Plus-Size Belly Dancers board on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/bellatrix_ali/plus-size-belly-dance/
Do you like this series??? Share, share, SHARE these photos on your wall — the more visibility the plus-size dancer community gets, the better for all of us who work toward size acceptance & no body shaming!I gotta start dancing again.
High priestess of Morwha or nah?
*is stunned into silence over the amazingness of this*
A collection of me, my cosplay, my make up, clothes, just snippets of 2014.
This year has been quite the adventure. I traveled more than I ever have in my life. I met so many amazing people. I got my books and my crafts out there. I spoke up more than I ever have before about a variety of topics. It’s just been amazing.
To be honest, I never, ever expected to have fans, or be asked to be a guest anywhere, or anything like that. I never imagined having people who want to meet me, and who look up to me. All of you are so incredible, and are so important to me. Thank you all so much for supporting me and everything I do. I love you all <3
And, as always, if you take any cosplay message from me, it’s this: to love your cosplay is to love yourself. It’s so important to love yourself. There may be negative people out there, and what they say can, and does, hurt. But don’t let them stop you. Don’t let them keep you down. Don’t let them define who you are. YOU define who you are. You decide who you are. You hold your life in your hands and you have the power to make the very best out of it.
I believe in you :) Let’s have a great 2015!
I honestly think that joining Tumblr was one of the BEST decisions I’ve EVER made. When I first joined in like…. March or May, I was depressed to the point that everyday was a challenge and i just hoped to be dead. I was following all these depression blogs and it was just a major battle to be happy. But then one of the many depression blogs I was following reblogged something from a user joshpeck. I was laughing so hard and i decided to follow him. Before i knew it, I was following more funny blogs and had some happy to go along with my sad. So, here I am… Happy and sad, but not loving my body enough. So one day, I got on this shitty website again and searched in #Fatspiration and found SOOO many wonderful people to follow.I found people like: ashleighthelion, curvesandconfidence, brattyfatty, brichibi, pardonmewhileipanic, plus-size-barbiee, fatthefuckup, fatassbigknits, archedeyebrow, curvyvirgo, curvygirlonabudget, nataliemeansnice, gingerdrone, pudgebug, meganatee, fatshiononthecheap marshmallowfluffwoman, walkingwithmoonwolves, fatgirldangerous vintagecitylady, and mydas. Thanks to those AMAZING people, I love myself more than ever. They aren’t afraid to show off their body. I love their “fuck it” attitude. It took a long time to get to the point where I could love myself as much as they do. I want to thank every single last one of you beauties for helping me love myself. For helping me find me and come out of my little insecure shell I was hiding in. I thought I’d never get out that thing. So I guess in a way…. it wasn’t really when I joined the website. It was more of the people I followed. I love you guys and thank you so much for being such amazing people.. I’ve never known many girls like us to be so confident and not give a fuck about what the media has to say, or other people for that matter. I wish you all the best in 2015, and many blessings. Thank you again for being AMAZING!!!
Xoxo, Jazzy
Thank you so much for the love! *giant hugs*
Also, reblogging because there are a lot of great blogs to follow that are mentioned if you need a place that is plus sized supportive :)
I decided to wear my Sonic the Hedgehog/Green Hill Zone dress on the last day of Geek.Kon because I hadn’t worn it in a while. I also found a red hat to go with it <3
My cosplay page is here.
My wifey of 12 wonderful years is the one who makes my stuffs ^__^
AnonymousI think the idea of “glorifying obesity” is, frankly, a load of crap. Mostly because of what I’ve posted before: people assume that fat people are lazy, that they do nothing at all but sit around all day being miserable. However, at the same time, whenever a fat person goes out and does anything its “glorifying obesity.” You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell someone they’re lazy then tell them they’re glorifying something bad by not being lazy. You can’t say to me, “Stop sitting around all day go out and do something,” then I go out, cosplay, promote my books, my art, hang out with friends, enjoy my time with my partner, plan our wedding, then suddenly all of that is “glorifying obesity.” It’s not glorifying my size, it’s glorifying my life and the things that make me happy.
The other thing I always say is to be happy with yourself. That’s because your size doesn’t matter as far as your mental health is concerned. If you were to lose weight, for instance, but still be unhappy with yourself for whatever reason, then your appearance isn’t going to mean anything. At all.
There’s this illusion, I think, that thin equals happy. Happiness isn’t a size. There are thin people who aren’t happy with their appearance but I think, as a fat person, we’re told, “No, that’s what you need to be happy,” to the point that when a thin person is like, “I’m insecure about my appearance,” we’re like, “Shut the fuck up, you’re thin.” Happiness, insecurity, all of those things are not a size. Laziness is not a size trait. Size is simply that: a size.
Thank you for your question and being mature about it, and honestly, thank you for being the first person to actually comment on how good the dress is and not discredit it because of my size.
Because I’m all about embarrassing my wifey displaying our dorky cosplay coupling ways whenever we get a chance to do so. My wifey makes all of our costumes but tends to focus on me more, but sometimes, she gets to cosplay too <3 12 years together and we’re still going strong. You can blame thank her for me cosplaying as much as I do now. Man, whoever thought it would get this far?
Stay tuned for more adventures of geeky ladies doing geeky things!
The wifey is snowtigra <3
The other lady is me ^__^ and my cosplay page is here.
Our store page is here and here because we do the crafting and writing things together :)
Someone always finds something to poke at, you know? It’s not even worth worrying about because someone is going to find something wrong if they really want to. You can’t win with everyone, which is why it’s best to just win with yourself. You can look quote, unquote, “perfect” on the outside but still feel like shit if you’re not happy with yourself and who you are.
Happy is attractive. Happy is beautiful. Happy is as close to perfect as we’ll ever get.
Positive thoughts for the night time people <3
So this is a thing coming soon and I’m super excited to talk about it! Not only do I have an article in the first issue, but I’ll also have an interview in the second issue. If you’re going to Anime Central, I’ll be there with business cards about the magazine to advertise it. I’ll have them at my table and will be walking around with them :)
Here’s how you can keep up with the magazine:
“Your too fat.”
“I didn’t know [insert character] was black!”
“Why don’t you do more black cosplays?”
“Cosplay to your size!”
“I don’t think that looks right on you, why don’t you cosplay [insert character] instead?”
“Why is [insert character] black? They’re not black in the show.”
“You shouldn’t cross-play, it looks weird on you.”
“Your boobs are too big for [insert character].”
To everyone who as ever posted a comment or question like this, my answer:
I am a black plus size female cosplayer, if you don’t like it… well honestly I don’t care. The more you comment like an idiot, the more it feeds my will power to prove I’m an amazing cosplayer, not matter what you say. I may have days, or even weeks when I feel down about myself, but that will never stop me from doing what I love. I may have large boobs, chubby stomach, double chin, hair on my face, dark spots around my face and body, and a flat butt, but I rock any cosplay I put on. So grow up, and get out of my face. <3
So much love for this :) When life gives you bullies, make more cosplay.
