• Plus Positivity

    On comparisons and being enough

    Hi, I’m Leah and I blog over at www.justmeleah.co.uk. Only in the last couple of years since I’ve immersed myself in the plus size world on the internet have I felt it’s OK – as a fat woman – to be myself. I’m a feminist and have slowly realised some of my deep-rooted beliefs have been programmed into me from a young age and aren’t actually my beliefs. It means I now have a healthy dose of cynicism towards popular opinion and the illusion of perfection. One of the most important things I’ve realised is that women are encouraged to be competitive in a way which differs to the way…