I went to the doctor..
I went to the doctor the other day, it was a new doctor. One I hadn’t seen before, but she’d been all over Twitter giving health advice so I thought I’d give her a go. You know, I…
Category Archives: Opinion
Social Services vs. actual support Pt. 2
So earlier today I wrote a post about the problems we’d been having with social services, I’ve already got more to add to it. In this one I’m going to talk about how health visitors …
Social Services vs. actual support
I’ve been a little quiet lately, thought I should explain what has been going on. Especially as I am very angry and need to get this off my chest. We have been referred to Social Services, this …
Neglectful mother
I’m sorry, for those of you following me for plus size fashion and art, this is a departure. Some of you have followed me a while though and will know a little about my daughter, born 10 weeks p…
Trigger Warnings
Let me start by saying, so many trigger warnings for this post. I realised I have written, briefly, about this before, but it is a very emotional post written while in distress. It’s not actuall…
Tired of body positivity being just a marketing gimmick
Another day, another body positive campaign. They all start to blend in to one, lots of raving about how all women are beautiful, that they want to promote body confidence, and that they are here to b…
“We must support the disabled, but we must support ordinary people as well”
Unsurprisingly this quote from Liz Kendall has been upsetting lots of people, mostly over the use of the word “ordinary”. Understandably people are pissed off at “ordinary” bei…
Female Friendships
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, trying to decide whether to write about it or not, and last night I read an article which has made me realise I need to. So I want to talk to you ab…
Come Away With The Faeries
This Saturday just gone I ventured into a wonderland of natural beauty filled with fantasy creatures and colour. Well, maybe not the fantasy creatures.. more people wearing fairy wings and glitter. Bu…
I will not hide my lumps and bumps
This was originally a rant in a private group, but fuck it, I think it needs saying publicly. This is aimed at certain types of plus size women, the kind who harm a positive movement with their nastin…
