Hi guys! Kudos by the way if you were able to guess which famous line I ripped off for the title of this post...( Romeo and Juliet for you philistines who didn't) Today I was wondering what I would blog about because there is just do much that I could especially within the fat acceptance world. However I chose to blog today about the different names we give our size that sound a lot better than just plain old fat. Don't worry there won't be a lot of names ( only two) but they are my favorites! Let me begin by saying I have called myself and been called these names before on numerous occasions ( so don't whine and if you don't like it you don't have to read)
1. Voluptuous- hellooooooooooooooo sexy! I mean that name just makes everyone( ok well maybe just me) think of super hot bigger girl. Like she is the one who walks in the room and everyone is like dang that girl is finnneeeeeeeeeeeeee! Whenever I need a confidence boost I always think to myself "Fat Barbie today you are looking quite voluptuous....go on with your bad self girl!" and instantly I have about 87 bazilllon more confidence points. When I studied abroad I had a guy walk up to me and tell me I was the most voluptuous, beautiful girl he had ever seen (and he said it in an accent I almost said in response "my body is ready" but I figured that would be creepy) and that he wanted to buy me a drink( I was of legal drinking age for Europe so I totally didn't feel bad at all) Unfortunately we soon parted because well I don't know why but I am sure my parents would have been thrilled to hear I wasn't coming back to start my junior year of college because I had decided to stay overseas. I think the best part about the word voluptuous is that is gives that instant boost and suddenly you are thinking to yourself "Self, I am a volutpous confident woman hear me ROAR" ( word of advice don't roar in public people tend to think you're weird, but hey if it floats your boat who am I to judge) so in my opinion being called voluptuous is one of the greatest things in the world !
2. Rubenesque- This is my absolute go to when I need to describe myself. Rubens was a painter during the Baroque period( 17th century eventually gave way into the Rocco period... Alright art history lesson over) Now you may be asking yourself " Fat Barbie what does this painter dude have anything to do with fat people?" Well friends get this Rubens LOVED to paint big girls( Rubens was a bigger guy himself and quite the looker when he was younger in my humble opinion) and so from those gorgeous paintings, which hang in any art museum worth its salt, comes the name Rubenesque. Now that I have filled you in on Rubens go look up his art (Venus with a mirror is a good one to start with) Do you see how lovely his Venus is? That is why I love the word Rubenesque. His women are gorgeous and fleshy. And sometimes it is so nice to see a woman in a painting who looks just like you. This leads me to my story( I know all of y'all are excited) When my family and I were in Italy we went to Florence( Obviously read Fat Barbie goes to Italy). There are two beautiful art museums in Florence the Accademia and the Uffizi ( I probably misspelled those but whatever) So as we are perusing through the Uffizi on some God awful tour, I finally see it. After what had seemed like hours of beautiful skinny Titans and Raphaels I see her. There amidst these paintings I saw her...As I walked closer to get a better look I realized that this was the first time I had ever seen a painting that resembled Fat Barbie( you know besides Piacasso) ! And there she was a beautiful 17th century princess( of course) painted by Peter Paul Rubens. And as I am blatantly staring my mom walks up behind me and says " Fat Barbie, it's you!" Yes yes it was me and when I saw just how beautiful this girl was I realized that I was proud to have a Rubenesque figure. Because if I could be compared to this beautiful girl in the painting I was lucky. Not many body type names can say they took the name from a painter. I mean have you ever heard about a Mannerist body? A Monet body? and most certainly not a Picasso body! The only other artist you hear associated with the body is Titan and that is used to describe red hair. So I for one am proud to call myself Rubenesque and be called Rubenesque because it means that I am as beautiful as those women in Rubens' paintings and I am 100% ok with that! The women in Rubens' painting all exude such confidence and sexiness. They are perfectly happy with their bodies and they are sexy and beautiful. They prove that you don't have to be thin to be sexy or confident in yourself. You just have to love yourself!
1. Voluptuous- hellooooooooooooooo sexy! I mean that name just makes everyone( ok well maybe just me) think of super hot bigger girl. Like she is the one who walks in the room and everyone is like dang that girl is finnneeeeeeeeeeeeee! Whenever I need a confidence boost I always think to myself "Fat Barbie today you are looking quite voluptuous....go on with your bad self girl!" and instantly I have about 87 bazilllon more confidence points. When I studied abroad I had a guy walk up to me and tell me I was the most voluptuous, beautiful girl he had ever seen (and he said it in an accent I almost said in response "my body is ready" but I figured that would be creepy) and that he wanted to buy me a drink( I was of legal drinking age for Europe so I totally didn't feel bad at all) Unfortunately we soon parted because well I don't know why but I am sure my parents would have been thrilled to hear I wasn't coming back to start my junior year of college because I had decided to stay overseas. I think the best part about the word voluptuous is that is gives that instant boost and suddenly you are thinking to yourself "Self, I am a volutpous confident woman hear me ROAR" ( word of advice don't roar in public people tend to think you're weird, but hey if it floats your boat who am I to judge) so in my opinion being called voluptuous is one of the greatest things in the world !
2. Rubenesque- This is my absolute go to when I need to describe myself. Rubens was a painter during the Baroque period( 17th century eventually gave way into the Rocco period... Alright art history lesson over) Now you may be asking yourself " Fat Barbie what does this painter dude have anything to do with fat people?" Well friends get this Rubens LOVED to paint big girls( Rubens was a bigger guy himself and quite the looker when he was younger in my humble opinion) and so from those gorgeous paintings, which hang in any art museum worth its salt, comes the name Rubenesque. Now that I have filled you in on Rubens go look up his art (Venus with a mirror is a good one to start with) Do you see how lovely his Venus is? That is why I love the word Rubenesque. His women are gorgeous and fleshy. And sometimes it is so nice to see a woman in a painting who looks just like you. This leads me to my story( I know all of y'all are excited) When my family and I were in Italy we went to Florence( Obviously read Fat Barbie goes to Italy). There are two beautiful art museums in Florence the Accademia and the Uffizi ( I probably misspelled those but whatever) So as we are perusing through the Uffizi on some God awful tour, I finally see it. After what had seemed like hours of beautiful skinny Titans and Raphaels I see her. There amidst these paintings I saw her...As I walked closer to get a better look I realized that this was the first time I had ever seen a painting that resembled Fat Barbie( you know besides Piacasso) ! And there she was a beautiful 17th century princess( of course) painted by Peter Paul Rubens. And as I am blatantly staring my mom walks up behind me and says " Fat Barbie, it's you!" Yes yes it was me and when I saw just how beautiful this girl was I realized that I was proud to have a Rubenesque figure. Because if I could be compared to this beautiful girl in the painting I was lucky. Not many body type names can say they took the name from a painter. I mean have you ever heard about a Mannerist body? A Monet body? and most certainly not a Picasso body! The only other artist you hear associated with the body is Titan and that is used to describe red hair. So I for one am proud to call myself Rubenesque and be called Rubenesque because it means that I am as beautiful as those women in Rubens' paintings and I am 100% ok with that! The women in Rubens' painting all exude such confidence and sexiness. They are perfectly happy with their bodies and they are sexy and beautiful. They prove that you don't have to be thin to be sexy or confident in yourself. You just have to love yourself!
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