I’m absolutely disgusted by the hatred people have towards certain body types. Just because a woman weighs 100 pounds and is a size 0 doesn’t make her less of a person than a woman who weighs 200 pounds and is a size 20. The reverse goes as well. I understand that it’s hard to be overweight in a society infatuated with being skinny. However, that’s not an excuse for these people, or anyone, to motivate themselves by tearing another group down. Real empowerment comes from self-respect and acceptance, not from putting another group down. All women are real women, regardless of their size, weight, and body.

EDIT: I do understand that you don’t have to be anatomically female to identify as a woman. I apologize for the graphic suggesting otherwise; I should have chose my words more carefully. I felt that it would be irrelevant to the issue to create a paragraph explaining exceptions of my graphic, especially when the post is about body image, not gender variance. But since there are some people on tumblr who are flat out rude about this (yes, you can still be polite and tell me that I made a mistake), I would like to address this issue. I am not a bigot; I love all women. You all know that the intention of the post was supposed to promote self-acceptance, not cissexism or sexism.