Leaving Body Positivity Behind for Fat Acceptance

Cute fats, skin rolls, and why I’m not the right kind of fat to be body positive

Rachael Hope
Fattitude
Published in
8 min readJul 26, 2019

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Photo via Representation Matters

This summer, I posted photos of myself on Instagram in my first-ever two piece swimsuit. In some of the photos, a blindingly white triangle of belly is visible, and for the first time in my life I am okay with that. I used hashtags like…

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Rachael Hope
Fattitude

Polyamorous, loud laughing unapologetic feminist, rad fatty, and epic sweet tooth.