Something occurred to me the other day. Although the idea of body positivity has become very prevalent online and in social media, there is a certain standard that has been set within the curvy community. Many of the curvy models we see today are genuinely curvy (as in coke bottle curvy), but there are different shapes to plus-size fashion. But my…
Wilhel-who? Wilhelmina Models has been one of the world’s top modeling agencies that have launched the careers of many small-town girls. If you’re not into the whole “modeling scene”, you may recognize the name as being a Sponsor for the earlier seasons of America’s Next Top Model (ya know, before Rita Ora ruined the show and got fired from hosting). The…
Many women have inspired this movement, but there’s one you need to know. Nadia Aboholsoun is a curvy fashion blogger. She is primarily known for creating unique “California girl” photoshoots, implementing herself as the subject of every image. One of the things I like about Nadia and her blog is that she treats her readers as close friends and she…
A spring day has sprung. It’s Friday, my lovelies, and finally, a day in which I can free my chubby little legs from their cocoon that is denim. I’ve been waiting all year for this because this is when Bod Pos is at its highest. Gabi Fresh: Our Favorite Curve is Your Smile This girl is on fiiiirrreee, when it…
The standard of beauty. This phrase is overused and inaccurate. I hate this phrase because it doesn’t make sense. How can we possibly define what’s beautiful when its definition is just about as vague as the definition of love. Neither word is definitive, yet the world we live in manages to draft up some false concept of what the standard should be. This thin, tan, lippy, and silent fantasy of a woman is how men depicted…
