I Hate To Do What I'm Told,

The Plus-size Revolution That Has Been Happening Lately Is Incredible But It's Also Creating This "other" Beauty Standard In Which You Have To Be An Hourglass, You Have To Be Super Sexy And Fierce About Showing Off Your Curves. That's Quite Frightening To Me, And I Don't Fit In It, I Don't Want To Fit It.

Reclaiming The Word Fat Was The Most Empowering Step In My Progress. I Stopped Using It For Insult Or Degradation And Instead Replaced It With Truth, Because The Truth Is That I Am Fat, And That's Ok. So Now When Someone Calls Me Fat, I Agree, Whereas Before I Would Get Embarrassed And Emotional.

I Was Given Baby Doll Toys Myself, And They Proved A Stark Reminder That My Life Was Expected To Revolve Around Childbearing - Just As My Mom's Had Before Me, And Her Mom's Had Before Her.

I Can Take Care Of A House, And Some People I Meet, I Think, 'you Don't Even Know How To Make A Bed.

I'm Shameless, And I Love A Pun. There's A Lot Of Beth Puns.