Cinderella shoes: Why I, in my oversized body, said FUCK IT to the world
“Too long we’ve been told to keep our horizons near, and our world small.
Too often we’ve believed it when we’ve been told what we supposedly can’t do.
The combination of being told to keep ourselves small and being told to appease others is deadly.It’s time we all said Fuck It to the world, and made some noise. Because, by doing so, we might just discover who we truly are.”
I’m a big woman. Not fat, not wobbly (which would be an entirely different sin of its own).
Just big.
I’m nearly six feet tall. I’m broad-shouldered, big-boned, and long-limbed.
There was absolutely no point in my life that I was not going to be large. Genetics decided that for me.
I take up space, which apparently in our society is a crime worthy of punishment if you’re a woman.
Because, in case you hadn’t noticed, we women are supposed to be small. Underweight, taking up no space, not making any noise or having any opinions. We’re supposed to be pretty, according to a very narrow definition of pretty.
Women are not supposed to eat.
The first time I was told I was too tall I was about 12. A guy I liked said I would be pretty if I wasn’t so huge. I was about an inch taller…
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