CORPULENT
[kawr-pyuh-luhnt] – adjective
large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
Origin: corpus “body” + -ulentus “full of.”
Corpulent is an Australian fat blog. Because my brain is noisy and disjointed, Corpulent is a mix of everything: some fat ranting, love letters to food, a dash of plus size fashion, some politics and loads of photos of the plus sized women I love. I want this to be a positive blog and something that celebrates the corpulent woman.
I am not of the opinion that ‘Real Women Have Curves’ or ‘Big is Back’ or any other bullshit marketing phrases thrown around periodically. All women are real women, and big never went anywhere. I advocate size acceptance; I merely come from the perspective of a fat girl.
About the Author
My name is Frances. I am 23 years old, my clothes are plus size, I am 1.72m tall and I weigh 95kg (approx. 5′8″ and 210 pounds, for those not down with the metric system). This classifies me as obese according to the Body Mass Index. I eat, I jiggle and I break pants.
I like brightly coloured sneakers, the beach, gin and dancing like a dirty hussy. I also have a massive emotional attachment to food - it is my one true love!
I dislike conservative politics, waking up early, bad spelling and high heels.
History of Corpulent
It started with a tumblr. I started collecting and posting photos of hot chubsters because:
- I’m a massive perve; and
- I was sick of never seeing beautiful, sexy, fat women featured in public media.
It got rather popular; far more popular than I expected it would. Even more unexpected was that the majority of people following my tumblr were young women.
Going by this, obviously a lot of the female population would like to see their body shapes and sizes validated and celebrated publicly, and obviously this isn’t happening as often as it should.
I quickly became borderline obsessed with finding beautiful fat women, tracking down plus size models, discovering fat artworks, and reading all the fat blogs I found. I grew more and more passionate about size acceptance and found I had really strong opinions about the politics of fat. In addition, I couldn’t find too many young fat Australian women blogging about issues affecting young fat Australian women, all of which led me here. I found my voice, and now I have a place to vent.
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I love you.
No really, I do.
I’m going back through the archives of your blog now, and just can’t believe how AWESOME your attitude is. I’m 172cm also, and at 88kg, I’m constantly feeling like shit about myself. You, however, are amazing and beautiful and WORK with what you have – I need to take a leaf out of your well-adjusted book and get on with loving my life, and my assets.
Thank you so much for being an inspiration.
Wow, I really don’t know what to say. Thank you! And you’re welcome!
It’s not easy, and my self-esteem isn’t unbreakable. I have bad days (these days usually coincide with shopping for pants…), but I’ve already wasted my entire adolescence hating how I looked, and those years were so tiresome and boring.
Plus I honestly think bigger bodies are freakin’ gorgeous. I love the folds and the bumps and the squishiness. I even love the stretch marks and the cellulite dimples. Bigger bodies are sexy, beautiful and fun. I bet your assets break hearts.
My compliments to you, your work and (above all) you attitude!
I myself have not yet finished to struggle with my weight (am 1.75 or 1.78 and weigh 79kg at present). Sometimes I manage to feel ok with how I am, but currently I am more depressed. I have no job since I moved to Sicily to live with my now-husband, and being alone at home with a full fridge is not really helping. AND I HATE SPORTS!! Well, skiing I love, but gym?? No thanks.
I guess I want to say: My husband loves my “squishiness” and especially the size of certain body parts that grow when you gain, but so far he was the only one to say so. Everywhere I go, I always hear: you look beautiful (meaning the face), but you really should do sports, don’t you think?
So I looked up some pages on Crystal Renn and stumbled upon your blog – and it gave me a big confidence boost this morning!!! So now I might actually think, that if someone stares at me on the open road, it might NOT be disgust, but appreciation.
THANK YOU!
Okay–another comment. I love your blog so much (it’s taken all of, eh, 5 minutes to fall hard) I’m linking to it on my main page. As a vegetarian, later vegan, of 10 years, I have long struggled with staying thin to look the lifestyle–but the fact is, my body wants to maintain equilibrium at 180 on a 5′9 frame…and I just gotta deal! Thanks so much for the encouragement & awareness. I look forward to reading much more of you!
Adrienne
http://cracktheplates.com
Hi
I like your idea. I have a similar blog in Sweden but more directed for fashion.
I just got so tierd of reading lovely vintage fashion blogs with all skinny girls, and since im in school to become a fashiondesigner (of course for + size) i started my own blog. Havent figured out how to take good photos by my selve yet and since i spell really bad in swedeish i have not started writing in english but if u like looking at clothes for the curvy lady, take a look.
/Camilla
Hello to all the corpulent girls out there!!!
I am a Guy in my early 40’s who is deeply in love with his corpulent wife (in her 40’s too)…. I love all her curves, squishiness and cuddling comfort (no bony elbows or hips to make it less than comfy).
We’ve been together for more than a decade and let me tell you, She is the best girl ever!!!!
She recently confided in me that she always had her reservations on how her body looked, and that was from the days when she was a teenager.
I told her the same I tell you now:
There are guys out there that love the corpulent woman, always have, and always will…- no bony ladies for me!!! size 0 is like being dead!!
Ladies, love yourself…. we definitely appreciate real, untainted, unaltered beauty!!!
Angelo
Florida USA