October 30, 2011

I’m fucking tired of Adele being touted as a body-positive role model. She’s not. She’s someone with a raging Special Snowflake Syndrome who thinks fitness and being an artist are somehow mutually exclusive, with the former being for vapid bimbos only. Well excuse me, I don’t exercise because I want to be in Playboy or Vogue - and what’s wrong with wanting that anyway? I exercise because I want to grow stronger and faster and more self-reliant. I exercise because nothing else has ever made me feel more at home in my own skin. I exercise to add muscle to my otherwise conventionally feminine body because my T&A aren’t the end of me, despite what asshole dudes might say and have said. I exercise because it relieves stress, keeps me happy and oh, gave me the focus to overcome three years of crippling depression and anxiety. Also, I fucking love food and eat a lot of it so that I can exercise and continue to live my life the way I want to. How’s that for self-deprecating? Also, “active” and “skinny” are not synonymous. You can “look like Nicole Richie” and not be able to run a mile. You can look like Adele and run marathons. Fitness is not about how your body looks, but what it can do. Here, Fit and Feminist breaks it down for you.

I’m fucking tired of Adele being touted as a body-positive role model. She’s not. She’s someone with a raging Special Snowflake Syndrome who thinks fitness and being an artist are somehow mutually exclusive, with the former being for vapid bimbos only. Well excuse me, I don’t exercise because I want to be in Playboy or Vogue - and what’s wrong with wanting that anyway? I exercise because I want to grow stronger and faster and more self-reliant. I exercise because nothing else has ever made me feel more at home in my own skin. I exercise to add muscle to my otherwise conventionally feminine body because my T&A aren’t the end of me, despite what asshole dudes might say and have said. I exercise because it relieves stress, keeps me happy and oh, gave me the focus to overcome three years of crippling depression and anxiety. Also, I fucking love food and eat a lot of it so that I can exercise and continue to live my life the way I want to. How’s that for self-deprecating?

Also, “active” and “skinny” are not synonymous. You can “look like Nicole Richie” and not be able to run a mile. You can look like Adele and run marathons. Fitness is not about how your body looks, but what it can do. Here, Fit and Feminist breaks it down for you.

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  6. brifrikkintastic reblogged this from grrrlvirus and added:
    I love Adele. and I love her attitude. damn, She’s amazing (:
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    Preach it, girl. Adele is fucking gorgeous. I’d love to look like her.
  10. katarinaerobreren reblogged this from grrrlvirus and added:
    that’s what she said
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    I don’t kwor her, excet by her name, I know she’s a singer and lots of people love her music..but I never listened to...
  24. aufdermaur reblogged this from grrrlvirus and added:
    It must be great to feel that way…
  25. redsunrisinginthesky reblogged this from grrrlvirus and added:
    PREACH IT GIRLFRIEND. I have the same goal. I love curves. I should not be ashamed.
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    I’m fucking tired of Adele being touted as a body-positive role model. She’s not. She’s someone with a raging Special...
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