My name is Elizabeth, but you can call me Lizzie. I’m an Eighteen-year-old happy Fat Girl who loves to talk, write, read, and draw, and feels the need to share those loves with the world. I just finished my freshman year of college, working towards my Bachelors of Science in Nursing, and I can’t wait to keep going. I am obsessed with Japan, Japanese Culture, Geisha, drawing, photography, feminism, yoga, reading books (especially ones that are fat positive, yay!), watching movies and going to the movies. I love modeling, or atleast attempting to model (lol), it makes me happy. I am also a proud fat girl who is going to wear her bikini(’s) to the beach, much to the unhappiness of haters, because i love the way the ocean feels agianst my bare stomach. What else about me? I love Chinese food and could eat it every day. Little Miss Sunshine is one of my favorite movies. I am madly in love with the following men: Hugh Laurie, Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, and a couple more that I can’t remember off the top of my head. I am otherwise single (still looking 
) with no significant other, except for my best friends who are awesome and always there for me. I like to blog about Feminist & Fat issues, my thoughts on news and events that happen around me (or that i hear/read about), new drawings of mine, new pictures of mine, whatever. Basically anything I want, but mostly with a relevance to fat. I’m definitely all for Body Acceptance (no matter what your size), Health at Every Size (trying to get better at this myself), and Fat Acceptance.
Some people tell me that i’m not “fat”. I disagree. I am fat. I have fat on my thighs (:3 my lovely thick and chubby thighs), I have fat on my stomach, I have fat on my arms, it’s everywhere. And I am happy with my body. Sometimes i have bad days with it, but everyone does. I get pissed when i go shopping a lot because i’m smaller on top than on bottom, it’s a pain when you are are a 16 dress or 14/16/18 top and then 20/22 bottom. If i am being honest, my weight is around 230 ish and i’m only 5′3″-5′4″ tall. So i am technically obese. (ZOMG AHH!!). But i don’t really give a crap about BMI, because it is so flawed and only really tells me how i am short and fat (which i already knew, thank you!). But i am happy with my body, and i think every one else should be. From my essay i wrote for my English class this year:
“The outrage and hurt I felt at these deceptions made me want to stand up to it. I actually wanted to be different now. I wanted to be myself and love the person I am. I wanted to influence others, and inspire them to love themselves exactly as they are and to be as happy with themselves and I was with myself- because no one deserves to hate their bodies and suffer within themselves. Life is too short to spend hating the connection you have with the world.”
About being fat. My mum says “it’ll come in handy when the war comes”
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By: something I have been avoiding « Fat Girl on a Date on March 27, 2008
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Hello! Found you from Shapely Prose!
I like what I’ve read so far (only your last 2 posts) but I’ll be stopping by again to read up!
I like the way you think and I like the way you handle yourself against the ignorant losers out there!
By: ResilientMonkey on April 24, 2008
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Hey, Liz, this is Ellie from FatGrrl. I’d like to write a post about you and your site (very positive, and I may even gush a little), and I wanted to get your okay first. Email me and we’ll talk, because I’d like to ask you a few questions, if that’s okay.
By: Ellie on May 5, 2008
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Oh my goodness, I love your prom dress! I can’t believe your grandmother made it for you. I am jealous. I wish I could make something like that.
I read the insults from people and even though you don’t care what people say, I have to say I agree with you. The comments are ridiculous and immature. It only makes me think that they are insecure with themselves and are jealous (or maybe afraid?) of your confidence.
I don’t know if you even read all of these comments, but hopefully you do.
I went to the prom (I’m in 9th grade) and I danced with this kid on the second to last dance. It was probably the hardest thing ever. He is like a million times taller than me. How tall are you. I think I’m around 5 feet. The kid I danced with was like 6 feet 5 inches tall or something.
About the voices thing during a slow dance, I don’t get that. Usually the voices come later at night or the next day of whether the person likes me or not, whether I like them or not, etc.
Okay this is a super random comment, but I still hope you read it.
…and hopefully send a reply back?
wishfully thinking,
Yvette
p.s. I have a random thought that seems like it would fit nicely here. I think that they need fat barbie dolls. Just a suggestion…..I would buy them, anyway…..if I still played with barbies, that is.
By: Yvette on May 27, 2008
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I find it to be quite amusing about how I stumbled onto your blog. Here I was just surfing through some sites for information on my new design gig.
Then ‘bam”.
I find this 17 year old girl whom embraces her body and wants to help other people understand.
I’ve been a “heavy set” girl the entire life – it’s on the madre’s side. I find that we have some similar aspects of life with the weight issue.
It took me through my early teens to really find out who and what I was. When I was about 17 I decided dub myself as plus size Barbie. Which I fully enjoy referring to my self as.
I just think its amusing once when you’re comfortable to mention your weight around friends that aren’t as big as you are. Instantly you get the whole spiel you’re not fat blah blah blah.
I just don’t understand why that is. Why do slimmer people need t comfort the larger person when they make reference to their own size honestly and comfortably.
I’m glad there is other people who share the same thoughts and feelings I have. It’s nice knowing I’m not the only one :]
By: Whitney on June 7, 2008
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Hello,
I just stumbled upon your blog a few days ago (after visiting Shapely Prose), and I have to say my own self-esteem has sky-rocketed after reading through several of your articles. I’m a sophomore in college who has long been insecure about her body and image. Only recently have I become aware of the fat/image acceptance movement. As a result, I’ve visited a bunch of sites… but yours takes the cake. (And I don’t mean a lameass sugar free cake… I mean the huge chocolate kind with ice cream in between the layers and pumped-up sugar frosting).
You have such a fierce confidence and keen insight on the world! From posting pictures of yourself in bikinis to criticizing BMI… well, I have to say you’re achieving your goal: “I want to influence others, and inspire them to love themselves…” God, I would never have thought I could wear a bikini and still look good before seeing your photos. And, btw, you DO look good, in ALL your pictures.
You can count on me to visit your blog regularly from now on.
Kudos,
Dolly
By: Dolly on June 10, 2008
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Hi—Found you via FatGrrl and just wanted to say you’re awesome. I wish I had half of your maturity and smarts when I was your age (yeah, I’m amongst the old folks now) or now. I really enjoy reading your blog and never would have pegged you as a high schooler. Also, curly haired girls rule!
By: pennylane on June 10, 2008
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I just wanted to say how happy I am to see so many smart young women commenting here, rocking a positive body image and understanding that there is more to how fat is portrayed in the media than “fat=unhealthy=bad, end of story.” You guys give me a lot of hope for the future, and I agree with pennylane, I wish I had gotten it figured out half as soon as you all have! Life is so much more enjoyable (and, I believe, healthy) when you don’t waste it hating your body.
By: spacedcowgirl on June 11, 2008
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hey there! i just wanted to say hi from another fat girl blogger who also happens to be 17…small world huh?
anyways, i always want to praise fat girls for being proud of who they are…unfortunately, there are not enough girls out there who are confident in who they are, fat or skinny. so, its really great to see someone who doesn’t think fat necessarily equals ugly, lazy, whatever.
we need to get together some kind of webring for fat women bloggers…anyhoo, keep up the good work for the rest of us big girls
By: another fat girl on June 21, 2008
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Hi there – I’m so sorry to leave this as a comment, but I was unable to find an email address for you. Please feel free to delete this!
I wanted to let you know, in hopes that you might let your audience know, that I’ve recently launched a new project that I’m very excited about!
The new project is called “The Fat Experience Project.” and you can view it here:
http://thefatexperience.com
The goal of the Fat Experience Project is to map the global experience of fat in a way that is human, has a face, a heart, a mind, a body and a voice. The Fat Experience Project is an oral, visual and written history project which seeks to be a humanizing force in body image activism. By collecting and sharing the many and varied stories of individuals of size, the Fat Experience Project seeks to engage with, educate, empower and enrich the lives of people of size, our allies and the world at large.
As the project grows, it will be filled with first-person, non-fiction narratives (in text, video or mp3 format) that speak to the many and varied aspects of the life lived large. Some of the content will come from interviews already gathered on an extensive 2-month road trip (with the lovely Val Garrison) in both audio and video format. Some content will come from trips on the horizon. Most content will be submitted via the website by readers such as yourself.
It is my hope that the project will be a community tool to combat prejudice/stereotype/discrimination as well as to help externalize shame so it can discussed and dissipated. The things we keep silent about are the things that do us the most harm. Shared burden is lighter. I am hoping, as well, that the project may eventually be used as a humanizing resource for fat studies and social anthropology courses.
I am writing to ask for your help in both the promotion of and the participation in this project. It is my fondest hope that, ultimately, with time and resources, this project will grow beyond a specific and exclusive fat focus and move toward addressing the many intersections of shame.
In the meantime, I would love your help in the form of passing this along to your readers/mailing lists/friends/family/anyone you feel may benefit from hearing about this project.
I also welcome comments, constructive criticism and volunteers.
Thanks for your time and energy!
Big BIG love,
Stacy Bias
http://thefatexperience.com
http://www.stacybias.net
By: Stacy on June 25, 2008
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Hi Liz. My name is Tricia Grissom, and I’m a freelance writer.
I’ve been overweight all my life, and I got angry at how all the talk shows were acting like being fat was the end of a teenager’s life. I wanted to help show them life can be beautiful, even if they’re overweight.
So I am writing a survival guide for obese teens. My book is about living well as a fat teen, and it looks like you’ve accomplished that in spades.
I wish I’d had your attitude when I was a teenager. I was wondering if you’d let me interview you for the book? I think your advice could help a lot of overweight teens.
If you email me at triciagrissom@gmail.com, I can give you more details to see if you’re interested.
Thanks so much for the blog. It took me a lot longer to learn to accept myself, and you’re saving a lot of other teens from learning it the long way around.
By: Tricia Grissom on July 2, 2008
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Very candid, interesting blog! Best of luck being a beautiful, healthy you next year in college and beyond!
By: Sinatra on July 4, 2008
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i must say you are a very stunning person in general. I like the way you think and look. I am a big girl and I love myself very much. I love me from my big hair right down to my chubby little toes:)
By: Chelsea on July 17, 2008
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hi i’m 13 years old going to grade 8 and i weaigh…..alot like 100 pouds over what i want to weaigh i found ur site on google. I love what u stand for. i don’t care what ppl say about me but when i go shopping I love it but it doesn’t come in my size so that makes me feel said and not make e feel good about myself. at school i’m the out-going one and i like this guy but i know he would never like me that way because the way i look like we r friends and all but i don’t know what to do. can u help me. thanks
By: Amber2242 on August 15, 2008
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Hey,
well im 14 and i am fat but i need some advice…i had a fight with one of my best friends and we didn’t talk for about half a year any way she came up to me and apologized but since then she has being insulting me at every chance she gets i don’t know what to do she keeps calling me fat and a midget and she keeps hitting me
help!!
oh your website has really inspired me to be happy with what i have
xxxMel
By: Mel on August 25, 2008
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Hi, I’ve been reading your blog now for a couple of months, and I have to tell you that it is truly inspirational. That you can put yourself out there to try and inspire confidence in others is really admirable and it has really helped me to just generally gain more confidence.
As for the whole college thing you’re going through, I feel awful for you. I’m only sixteen, and I know how many hopes I have pinned on going to college and what it’s going to be like when I get there. It’s kind of like I think that my whole life will really start gaining momentum when I get there, like they always say in movies etc.
I think you should definitely do whatever it takes to be happy, whether that is transferring or whatever, and thanks for having such a wonderful blog
Juliet
xx
By: nerdywordyandthriving on September 9, 2008
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Hey Liz
Jeannie again – I can’t find an email address to talk to you! So it’s gonna have to be in the form of a comment. ANYWAY.
I’m doing my IB personal project on a book – one that’ll … well my goal is to boost self confidence in highschoolers like myself having trouble in …life. All around me, I see people who aren’t comfortable with the way they look… and so on. I happened upon your website today, and I thought… hey, here’s a person that really knows what she’s doing… ( I don’t, at times!).. and a person I deeply admire having read most of your blogs. So…. I’d really like to talk to you a bit – do you think you could contact me somehow? You do receive our emails, right? Incase you don’t, please email me: Jeanniephoenix@gmail.com
Thankyou so much, and rock on
Jeannie.
By: Jeannie on September 12, 2008
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Hi Liz,
I can’t find your email on the site either, so I’m gonna follow Jeannie’s lead and leave a comment on here. I’m the Managing Editor for a new teen girl site, and we’re looking for some bloggers. I’d LOVE to talk to you about it if you’d be interested in working on a new project. You can email me at: karell@fitsmi.com if you’re interested! Hopefully you will be!
Take care!
Karell
By: Karell Roxas on November 3, 2008
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I hope that if you click and see my blog it doesn’t offend you. Actually you are too young to go to my blog
. But I am the same size as you, 10 years your older tho. I love my body. I think it is the people around me that make me question my love. I am glad that I found your blog. You have inspired me to blog about my own ‘fat’. Thank you.
Lollie
By: Lollie Pop on November 5, 2008
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Hi! I just found your blog (via this), love it, and have added it to my blogroll. I was wondering if you could add my group blog by and for young feminists, Women’s Glib, to yours? It’s so great to meet other teenage progressives online!
By: mirandanyc on August 2, 2009
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Also: I lived with my family in Japan for a year, so I’m with you on the interested in Japanese culture bit.
By: mirandanyc on August 2, 2009
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Looks like you’re the go-to girl for fat teenagers who have a problem in their social lives. ‘Ask Auntie Liz’ does have a ring to it…
Keep being confident and outgoing, and keep inspiring people to love themselves for who they are <3
By: Anna on August 15, 2009
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Hey there, I just found your blog by accident and am really enjoying reading it. I am (almost) 18 and am not happy with my body but I love food and hate exercise, so there you go! Anyways great blog and ps you look awesome in your header. That dress is beautiful! xx
By: Jaz on September 1, 2009
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You are beautiful and I respect and admire you!
By: sgeldean on September 19, 2009
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Hi there Liz
greetings from Sicily by a fellow artist who Love painting only Big Women and to celebrate their Beauty !
Please see my Art-site at:
http://aureart.deviantart.com
Thanks
Have a nice day
By: AurelioP on September 20, 2009
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Hey
I was surfing to find some stuff related to my thesis and Got milk? lead to you 
Really cool to have people like you. Honestly I’m not fat, but like most of the people I could have a better body, which is pretty stupid to keep thinking about it.
Stay so positive and keep writing this blog
xx
zs from hungary
By: Zsofi on October 18, 2009
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