“Ginika told her that ‘fat’ in America was a bad word, heaving with moral judgement like ‘stupid’ or ‘bastard,’ and not a mere description liked ‘short’ or ‘tall.’ So, she had banished the word ‘fat’ from her vocabulary…She said the word ‘fat’ slowly, funneling it back and forward, and thought about…”— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.comTagged: fat, size, heavy, Weight
“I don't get it. I just don't get it. If Art is supposed to imitate Life, why do they want all the actors to be thin? There are fat people in the world. Shouldn't there be a few of us actors to represent them?”— Camryn Manheim, amazon.comTagged: thin, fat, Weight, Reality
“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.comTagged: beauty, Be yourself, imperfect
“Men are visually aroused by women's bodies and less sensitive to their arousal by women's personalities because they are trained early into that response, while women are less visually aroused and more emotionally aroused because that is their training. This asymmetry in sexual education maintains m…”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.comTagged: shallow, Attraction, inner beauty, looks, gender
“Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Men have always loved me. My kids ain't never complained.”— Alice Walker, amazon.comTagged: heavy, Weight, Health
“Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to leave? Has he ever walked out and left? No? It's because he doesn't care! He's in a room with a naked girl, he just won the lottery.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, books.google.comTagged: Sex, Attraction, Weight, beauty
“Value yourself for what the media doesn't. Your intelligence, your street smarts, your ability to play a kick-ass game of pool, whatever. So long as it's not just valuing yourself for your ability to look hot in a bikini and be available to men, it's an improvement.”— Jessica Valenti, amazon.comTagged: Intelligence, Value, looks, inner beauty
“We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way”— Kate Wicker, amazon.comTagged: beauty, God, looks
“As a society, we need to get lots more flexible about what constitutes beauty. It isn’t a particular hair color or a particular body type; it’s the woman who grew the hair and lives in the body. Keeping this in mind can only make things better.”— Victoria Moran, amazon.comTagged: Society, beauty, body types, Women
“Most of us know that the media tell us our bodies are imperfect - too fat, to smelly, too wrinkled, or too soft. And, even though we may know it’s horse shit, these messages still seep into our brains and mess with our self-esteem. In a media-saturated country where most images of women and men have…”— Victoria Vantoch, amazon.comTagged: Media, beauty, Insecurities, Self-Love
“Remember - the fault is in the garment, certainly not the girl. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the shape of her. Some designers cut their clothes for certain body types and others for others. Occasionally the pattern will make her ass look strangely square or the fabric will cling in an unfl…”— S. Bear Bergman, amazon.comTagged: clothing, beauty, size, looks
“The 'thin' version felt worse because I lived with hunger clawing at my stomach all the time, and in fear that I was going to get fat again. After years of neuroticism I'd finally understood those who loved me would continue to put up with me fat or thin, and those who didn't ignored me.”— Helen Brown, amazon.comTagged: thin, fat, Loved Ones
“I took a breath and watched as he leaned down over my exposed, lumpy belly. Very lightly, he kissed it. He kissed the spot beneath my ribs and all the way down to my navel. He kissed across my lower stomach, that wretched expanse where the stretch marks raked across my skin, then up and down my side…”— Kelsey Miller, amazon.comTagged: Sex, Kissing, Dating, Love
“Look in the mirror with curiosity rather than fear. So I may look at my reflection and think, ‘That’s interesting. I wonder why my body seems bigger today than it did yesterday. Maybe it’s water weight. Maybe it’s my outfit. Or maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.’ I know it’s not possible f…”— Jenni Schaefer, amazon.comTagged: Weight, Curiosity, Fear
“How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.”— Karen Quan, amazon.comTagged: Curves, Bodies, Souls, Compassion
“Starving yourself to compete with all of those skinny celebrities who spend half their lives checking in and out of rehab is not only a completely unreasonable and unattainable goal, but will only end up making you sick.”— Alyson Noël, amazon.comTagged: eating disorders, thin, models
“I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life, which it doesn't.”— Adele, books.google.comTagged: Sex, Health, Weight
“I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it's important to embrace it and get down! The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not dis other women for being proud of theirs!”— Christina Aguilera, books.google.comTagged: size, Body, beauty
“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.comTagged: strength, Weight, Value
“True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.comTagged: beauy, inner beauty, Principles