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My thoughts on “flattering” clothing. Also posted on FAT AUS xx

This… THIIIIISSSS.

So…I’m confused. I see shaped brows, red lips, a full face of make up and a scoop neck top that accentuated the cleavage. The shot is framed so as not to show her belly, a shirt is covering her arms, and she’s saying “fuck flattering”? Um…

…flattering your body is when you falsely accentuate parts to make them look “better” than they are. So, why not let your eyebrows grow wild? Why draw attention to your eyes/lips with false color? Why not let your skin stand on it’s own- for better or worse?

What I’m saying is this: Not everyone has the same definition of “flattering”. I don’t wear make up for the most part, but I do wear spanx shapewear. Why is one automatically worse or less “flattering” than the other?

Can we maybe just stop knitpicking one another for who is the “most proud” of their natural body?

Oh My Fucking God. Are you serious? Because this one video and this one outfit and how my make up is on one particular day is all there is to me? There are literally hundreds of photos of me on the internet wearing all sorts of clothes, wearing no make up, wearing sleeveless tops and body con dresses and there are also lots of photos of me with a full face of make up and shapewear on. So what? The whole point I am making is that if I want to wear shapewear and smooth my stomach out I can but also if I choose to wear a tight skirt and not wear shapewear, I can do that too and neither look is “better” than the other, they are simply different and they both look great. How dare you make ridiculous assumptions about me based on one video and one image of me on one day.

Backing Bron up, not because she needs it she can certainly hold her own, but because the statement above hers is so ridiculous.  THE WHOLE POINT behind ‘Fuck Flattering’ is being able to dress and look how you want and not being told you should look a certain way because that’s what has been deemed acceptable.  Oh, you identify as female?  YOU MUST BE AN HOURGLASS SHAPE AND NOTHING ELSE.  Body autonomy!  She is wearing what she’s wearing and has her makeup the way she does BECAUSE THAT’S HOW SHE CHOSE TO MAKE HERSELF LOOK THAT PARTICULAR DAY AND THAT’S HER FUCKING RIGHT.  So what if she’s wearing makeup that YOU identify as classically female or conforming, it doesn’t mean that’s what she’s doing.  She’s saying fuck looking how other people want you to and look how YOU want you to.  There’s nothing contradictory here.