Acceptance Quote by Roxane Gay

“Body acceptance means, as much as possible, approving of and loving your body, despite its “imperfections”, real or perceived. That means accepting that your…

— Golda Poretsky

“This world and its unwillingness to accept and accommodate me are the problem. But I suspect it is more likely that I can change…

— Roxane Gay

“In the very same books that tell us to locate our self-worth not in how we look but in who we are and how…

— Ruby Tandoh

“[People who hate fat people] see body love as a move toward people taking charge of their lives and choosing what they want to…

— Jes Baker

“Being fat means being left out, scorned, and vilified.”

— Mary Pipher

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

— Susie Orbach

Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those…

— Susie Orbach

“When fatness was an exception, it was part of the canon of beauty. Now that leanness is an exception, its symptoms are canonized.”

— Josip Novakovich

“As a woman, my body is scrutinized, policed, and treated as a public commodity. As a fat woman, my body is also lampooned, openly…

— Lindy West

“I didn’t know it at the time, but the idea of “coming out” as fat comes up a lot in fat-acceptance circles. I always…

— Lindy West

The more you behave like you have the right to exist in the world without interference, the less others will question it. The power…

— Hanne Blank

“Fat people are not here as a foil to boost your own self-esteem. Fat people are not your inspiration poem. Fat people can be…

— Lindy West