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My Love/Hate Relationship with Shapewear

Blog Fashion Featured December 6, 2017 0 Comments
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1American Apparel
2Forever 21
3Boohoo
4Chinese Laundry

If it wasn’t bad enough… That all of us have to dress like penguins for interviews for jobs that we might hate and feel overqualified for, meet shapewear. The bullshit to suck you, and your fat, in. I Love shapewear! I know I sound crazy, but it’s nice to feel (fake) skinny for a few hours. It motivates us to…

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H&M, You’re a Fraud

Blog Fashion Featured November 29, 2017 4 Comments

Lemme tell you suttin I was an advertising major back in college, and I can’t stand false advertising. Which is why I’m still not over the fact that one of my favorite stores claims to offer larger plus-size clothes. If you couldn’t tell by the title, we’re talkin bout H&M. A little (Her)story Starting its brand to empower young, trendy…

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The Fat Girl Guide to a Dope-Ass, Guilt-Free Thanksgiving

Blog Featured Lifestyle November 22, 2017 0 Comments

Before we knew fat-shaming had a word… I was getting fat-shamed aaaaalll the time when I was a kid stuffing stuffing into my mouth every Thanksgiving. I would fill up my plate with sweet potatoes, ham, biscuits, turkey, turnips, and more sweet potatoes (I was a kid, c’mon, dude) until it practically almost toppled over. But since then, my plate’s only gotten…

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