With chronic disease, plus size lingerie photo blogger put to expose cruelty followers

Curious to know how people would react to a picture of a plus size woman showing her legs, the North American Courtney Mina shared her scantily clad image and opened up about having lipedema. "The gordofobia is still very present in our society, by people who use a certain" health concern "to be ashamed of," he says.





Courtney blogger Mina is plus size and always had "great legs". "I'm not just talking about thick thighs, but specifically large legs and ankles," he wrote in testimony to the Bustle site. Victim of a chronic disease, the US learned to accept your own body and in the face of self-acceptance movement that begins to take the nets, boarded a small

Virtual experience and realized how cruel people are who is overweight, even if it is the result of an irreversible clinical Diagnoses.

Despite being in constant contact with plus size women, Courtney always knew its proportions were unusually large. And try as he might, he could not get rid of them. "During high school, I developed eating disorder (something very common among fat girls are taught to feel shame and hate their bodies)," he said. Within months, she abandoned the dummy 48/50 and went on to wear 42/44. "But just lost tummy, back, chest and even face action. My legs remained the same size. So, after years of feeling ashamed of myself, I decided to accept what was meant to be. "

It was only recently that she discovered the real reason for their action. Courtney was diagnosed with lipedema, a chronic disease that usually affects the limbs, causing legs - and sometimes arms - accumulate distinct patterns of adipose tissue. "It is a hereditary disease that mainly affects women and is typically triggered during adolescence," he explains. "The fat that accumulates is not something that can be lost with diet or exercise. So if you have that, you're stuck with it - unless you do surgery, which only reduces tissue, but does not eliminate it completely. "

Disagreeing with the idea that large proportions are always hidden under clothes or many layers, it began the experiment in social networks.

Curious to know how people would react to a picture of a plus size woman showing her legs, she shared on Instagram (as well as on Tumblr and Facebook), a photo in which he appears wearing lingerie and also opened up about the lipedema. Publication of course caused a huge virtual agitation, the blogger categorized into five:

1. Normal trolls
"The plus size people live with them everywhere. Are usually people who publish insults ("you are fat ',' You're disgusting, '' it's a whale ', etc.) and the purpose is to be as unpleasant as possible. I received some of these cometary in my photo, but these guys are pretty easy to ignore. "

2. concerned trolls
"These are even more common, and I had a ton of them commenting on my image. They make comments like, 'You're beautiful, but it's so unhealthy. You should diet, exercise 'or' I admire your confidence, but this is not healthy. " Maybe they have 'good intentions', but ultimately use 'concern' to disguise their own judgment and stigma in relation to fat. However, I think there is hope for these people. They'll get there. "




3. Obvious ignorant

"These guys just make me laugh. Some have left comments on lipedema, thinking they know more than science and the experts. They said, 'This affects his legs, but not the rest of your body. " Thank you, the obviousness owners. Still others had the audacity to say, 'You can still lose fat from your legs', as if they knew more about my body than I do. Yes, argue with science, my dear: you sound even brighter now. "

4. The plus size police
"We still have some plus size women saying 'I had no disorder' and used it" as an excuse to be fat and appease the enemies'. An even added that I was 'hurting the real body self-acceptance movement' to 'relate my body to a medical diagnosis'. The purpose of my photo was to show my big, natural legs and to talk about a legitimate and real condition. The weight of the world comes down to a combination of genetics, diet and lifestyle -. Including my "

5. The glorious supporters
"Every rose has its thorn, and although I have received a lot of thorny comet in response to my photo, I also received hundreds of large and beautiful roses. Many people (of all types and sizes) have left wonderful comments of support. Some told me I was beautiful the way it was, while others wanted to support me for what I did. There were also those who happily shared their cases or suspected lipedema and were very happy to find someone with whom he could communicate. "
Conclusions

After much reflection, Courtney noticed a few things. "The trolls will always exist. The gordofobia is still very present in our society, by people who use a certain "health concern" to shame us. And although the idea of ​​self-acceptance and real beauty be stronger now, there is still a lot of people who will try to knock you down in moments that feel threatened or unsafe, "he said. "People have a lot still evolving.

They have a lot of knowledge to catch up on when it comes to link health with size. Their health concerns only you and you have every right to love your body, feel beautiful and express your confidence freely. When it comes to body positivity, we are all holding this torch; we just have to keep running with it and never stop. We will win this dispute. "