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Do you SIT differently in PUBLIC than you do in PRIVATE? I did. For YEARS I did. In public, I would pose. Squeeze. Arch. Tighten. In private, I’d sit comfortably: shoulders relaxed, body loose, just being human. And I imagine that maybe, just maybe, I’m not alone. I read an article once talking about the BEST WAY to POSITION your body on the beach. It was all ‘knees up, core tight, never lay flat’. And if you had extra wiggles and jiggles around the hips and thighs? The article recommended DIGGING A HOLE in the SAND. To put that bum into. So it would, you know, look LESS. As a teen, I did these things. And then, as an adult, I still held myself sucked in or avoided crossing my legs because heaven forbid anyone should see my CELLULITE. Things have CHANGED in this last year. I wish they would have changed so much sooner. So today, I just want to remind you: It is OK to sit comfortably. To RELAX while you’re RELAXING. Perfection isn’t the price you pay to exist in a human body. And comfort is pretty darn incredible. Posing is great fun, but NOT POSING doesn’t make you worth ANY LESS. Even if it means your wobbly bits come out on show. Or your skin folds. Or you’re just, well, YOU. Because being YOU is incredible. And worthy. And powerful. In whatever way, shape, or form. You got this girl. Go sit comfortably. x Photos @chiclebelle who is just the best #selflove #selfacceptance #bodyacceptance #iweigh #feminist

A post shared by Danae | Angles + Self Love (@danaemercer) on Jul 1, 2020 at 6:41am PDT

2. Kellie Brown

Brown is een bodypositive-activist en bedacht de hashtag #fatatfashionweek. Haar platform zet ze in om vrouwen ervan te overtuigen dat elk lichaam goed genoeg is. Vol zelfvertrouwen poseert ze in bikini, want ‘een lichaam in een bikini ís een bikini body‘.

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Your body is worthy of celebration. A body in a bikini IS a bikini body. The end. #nationalbikiniday

A post shared by Kellie Brown (@itsmekellieb) on Jul 5, 2020 at 10:38am PDT

3. Rianne Meijer

Ook Meijer stapt af van het ‘perfecte plaatje’ . Ze schroomt niet om – met een portie humor – een onderkin of een paar buikrollen met ons te delen. Want: niks is wat het lijkt.

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In the end nothing is what it seems, except for panini’s with mozzarella, panini’s with mozzarella are always perfect

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4. Joann van den Herik

Van den Herik is volgens de normen van de mode-industrie een plussize model. Ze deelt regelmatig foto’s van hoe ze eruit ziet, zonder photoshop en goede positionering. Van den Herik wordt vaak anders behandeld door haar ‘maatje meer’ en spreekt zich daar graag over uit.

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This is how I look 90% of the time. And I know a lot of you can relate to that. I wasn’t feeling my body or myself today. When I have a day like this, I compare myself to everyone on Instagram and I literally hate on everything, my pimples, my belly, my legs, and I could go on and on. But today I decided that instead of hating on it and making myself think so negative, I could take one pic of myself in every pose. And I could NOT delete, even if the picture showed my biggest insecurities. Because I still need to learn sometimes to see myself in a different perspective, as a whole human being instead as the details I don’t like. And posting it to Instagram will not only help me, but will hopefully also help you guys. To show US that there’s nothing to be ashamed about. To show us that PEOPLE HAVE PIMPLES, PEOPLE HAVE BELLY ROLLS AND PEOPLE HAVE CELLULITE. AND ITS NORMAL AND IT’S A PART OF YOU AND YOU ARE AMAZING. Your body is your temple. Cherish it. Really. Every minute you spend hating on your body, is a minute lost loving it and being happy. 💖 #LoveYourself #BodyPositivity

A post shared by Joann (@joannvdherik) on Sep 11, 2019 at 8:25am PDT

5. Em Ford

Ford heeft last van acne, maar dit weerhoudt haar er niet van foto’s te delen zonder make-up. Haar posts moedigen vrouwen aan trots te zijn op hun uiterlijk en elkaar daarin te steunen.

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To all the women who have ever been made to feel like they don’t belong. That they’re not good enough. That they’re too much, That they’re not enough. Please know that you are enough. You may not believe it now, but one day you will. You are enough – exactly as you are, and exactly who you are. You may not see it now, and if you have the wrong people around you, you never will. So Surround yourself with people who lift you up, instead of pushing you back down. Who help you laugh. Who sit with you when you cry. Surround yourself with people who make you feel the love you deserve. And the love you so freely give. So this #internationalwomensday, celebrate. Celebrate your sisters, and celebrate the other women around you. And most importantly – Celebrate you. #mypaleskinblog #redefinepretty #skinpositivity

A post shared by Em Ford (@mypaleskinblog) on Mar 8, 2019 at 2:35pm PST

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6. Chessie King

King herkent zich in de gedachte ‘ik ben nooit goed genoeg’. Vroeger was zij volgens de mode industrie te dik om mee te doen aan een bikini-contest. Nu is zij volgens de sociale media juist te dun om te mogen meepraten over bodypositivity. Ze vindt dat het tijd is om élke vrouw aan het woord te laten. Of je nou dik, dun, lang of kort bent.

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I was ‘TOO BIG’ when I stepped on stage at 9% body fat. Too big for my category in the bikini competition I’d trained 18 weeks for. It took me 18 months to recover post competition. I was 18 when I was told I was too big to model, that the agency would only take me if I lost 2 stone. I’ve been on shoots where they have edited my photos right in front of me. I‘ve been sat on the front row, watching myself be photoshopped by a photographer I’d only just met who morphed me into a smaller version of myself. That was the real catalyst to wanting to change my body. For 6 years, I tried every way to be the smallest I could possibly be, the ‘thinnest’, the size I thought I ‘should be’. And now, after finally becoming bestfriends with my body… I am being told I’m ‘TOO THIN’. – Too thin to talk about body confidence. Too thin to use my voice on social media to do what I want to do more than anything in life; help people. I believe, wholeheartedly, that every women, in every skin, deserves to be proud to talk about their story of the body they live in. There’s a never ending list of good things we can do in this world, body shaming is absolutely not one of them, so let’s put an end to it, for good 🖤

A post shared by C H E S S I E K I N G (@chessiekingg) on Aug 18, 2019 at 12:22pm PDT

7. Radhi Kasanghani

Kasanghani heeft zich lange tijd geschaamd voor haar neus en weet dat er veel vrouwen zijn die met hetzelfde probleem rondlopen. Daarom heeft ze een Instagrampagina waarop ze veel aandacht besteedt aan haar campagne ‘Break the big nose Taboo’.

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BIG NOSES ARE BEAUTIFUL: my new video for @bbcthree all about loving yourself and your side profile. #sideprofileselfie forevaaa 👃🏾👃🏾👃🏾 (link in bio)

A post shared by radhikasanghani (@radhikasanghani) on May 3, 2018 at 10:46am PDT

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8.  Hannah Mummy Mills

Mills spreekt de jonge moeders aan. Ze laat hen zien dat het heel normaal is als het na een bevalling lang duurt om weer in shape te komen. ‘Je hebt net een wonder op de wereld gezet en je hoeft er niet gelijk weer helemaal ‘perfect’ uit te zien.’ Wees trots op alles wat je hebt bereikt, moedigt ze haar volgers aan.

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💗#4monthspostpartum unfiltered. This is the result of 4 workouts in 4 months, dog walks and breastfeeding. There’s been zero focus on “getting my shape back” because in all honesty I’ve had no spare energy to train… sleep deprivation is a killer. I also thought I’d be dying to get back in the gym, but that didn’t happen either… and I’m so pleased that I just listened to my body fully, and didn’t feel guilty about not training. This is my new body… with wider hips which I love as I didn’t really have any before! . 💪🏼Today’s kitchen workout felt bloomin’ fabulous… with the sole purpose of getting mooooving. Check out my IG story for the full workout mama’s… and to see my postpartum wobble… the wobble is normal. Remember you grew a human!!! And you are incredible!!! 😘 . . . #postpartumbody #mummybloggeruk #postpartumfitness #postnatal #strongmama #bodyweightworkout #newmum #babygirl #manchester #wilmslow

A post shared by Hannah Mummy Mills (@hannahmummymills) on Dec 29, 2018 at 3:32am PST

9. Sarah Nicole Landry

Landry verviel van de ene ongezonde eetgewoonte in de andere. Ze worstelt nog steeds met het verbeteren van haar zelfbeeld en die ervaringen deelt ze openhartig met haar volgers. Landry wil hen aansporen zich niet meer dood te staren op gewicht of maten. Accepteer jezelf, met alle ups en downs.

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I will not be ashamed of who I was before. It’s easy to close a door and shut down our feelings from the past and walk away. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And yes, part of me wants to do that. I want to skip past the pain and hurry up to the better bits. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ But I am not ashamed. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Because each phase of life has always (always!) been teaching me something. For parts of those phases all I wanted was answers and results. Answers to my problems. Results to my body. I wanted to feel content. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ But what’s going on behind the photos other than some glaringly obvious transformations? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I can tell you that the first picture was a woman in her early stages of adulthood and child bearing years. She struggled with health and with understanding. It was hard, it was a blessing. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I can tell you that second photo was a woman who was experiencing “just look happy on the outside” while crumbling on the inside. Just days after that photo, her 11 year marriage ended. She didn’t feel like the success story she was online. It was hard, it was a blessing. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I can tell you about third photo too, because it is a woman who is grasping her past and embracing her present. She’s actually anxiously excited about the future. She let go of a lot of shame and guilt, committed herself to a new marriage, found love in things she didn’t expect (like her body) and found a balance where she feels content. It was hard, it was a blessing. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ To be ashamed of who I was brings no honour to what it all taught me to be. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ There is no need to hurry up and get it all right. It can be as simple as embracing the today and a willingness to learn and grow. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The ebbs and flows. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The hardships and the blessings. ⁣ ⁣⁣ A journey not in shedding our former selves, but becoming more our true selves as we go. ⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ (This is a repost that I like to share every once in a while. It feels necessary to share again in light of recent attacks on my body as I continue to honour it. I will not be standing down.)

A post shared by Sarah Nicole Landry (@thebirdspapaya) on Sep 24, 2019 at 5:16am PDT