PYP's Top 50 Body Positive Activists — Nos 50-30
Pursue Your Pleasure is proud to present fifty trailblazers in radical body positivity. No one person will ever represent all aspects of self- or other- acceptance. But we hope this list is encouraging in the many ways to appreciate, affirm, and celebrate our embodiment.
50. Ayqa Khan @ayqakhan
Ayqa Khan’s art portrays women with natural body hair.
49 Gabi Gregg @gabifresh
Fashion blogger at gabifresh.com and plus-size swimsuit designer. Gabi helped popularize the fatkini after posting a picture of herself in a bikini with the #fatkini hashtag.
48. Rachele Cateyes @radfatvegan
Rachele’s art “of superfat babes in crop tops and fat positive messages encourages radical body acceptance and offers representations of bodies like her own.”
47. Megan Jayne Crabbe @bodyposipanda
A body-positive and fitness advocate who writes about recovering from an eating disorder on her blog, bodyposipanda.com.
46. Ashley Nell @ashley_nell_tipton
The first plus-size designer to win Project Runway. She now has her own line at JC Penny.
45. Aarti Olivia Dubey @curvesbecomeher
A fat body positive writer and fashion blogger who writes about chronic illness, disability, fat phobia on her blog Curves Become Her.
44. Krippa Joshi @missmoti_vation
An illustrator and comic artist from Nepal, Krippa created Miss Moti, a character that helped Joshi accept her own weight.
43. Kath Read @fatheffalump
Read said, “I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve seen supposed 'body positive warriors' promote the old 'as long as you’re healthy' rhetoric, or even suggest that 'nobody wants to see that' in reference to very fat bodies, particularly if they’re comfortably exposing those bodies. Bodies like mine generally aren’t included in body positivity, so I have never claimed to belong to that community. I’m a fat activist who fights for the rights of fat people.” She blogs at Fat Heffalump.
42. Brittany Danielle @crazycurvy_yoga
A plus-sized yoga instructor in North Carolina who is open about how yoga has helped her combat her binge eating disorder.
41. Marcy Cruz @fearlesslyjustme
Blogger at Fearlessly Just Me and blog editor of Plus Model Magazine
40. Mike Byrd @HOPEdealer_Mike
Founder of the body positive hashtag #BigGuyTwitter
39. Jessica Kane @jessica_kane
Creative Director of the plus size fashion retailer Society+ and CEO of Skorch Magazine.
38. Dianne Bondy @diannebondyyoga
Bondy's website yogasteya.com offers online yoga instruction for all shapes and bodies.
37. Frances Cannon @frances_cannon
Cannon’s art speaks for itself — inclusive of body types, abilities, and period positive. Check out France Cannon’s art aiming to help people feel good not only in their skin, but with its bodily functions.
36. Marie Denee @mariedenee
Editor of The Curvy Fashionista
35 and 34. Lindsey Averill @feministcupcake and Viridiana Lieberman @righteouscinema
Co-creators of Fattitude the Movie, a documentary meant to expose the discrimination faced by fat people in our society.
33. Ragen Chastain @danceswithfat
Dancer and marathoner, Chastain runs the blog Dances with Fat all about body acceptance in the media, particularly surrounding physical fitness.
Image by Substantia Jones
32. Marilyn Wann @marilynwann
Fat positive activist and author of the book FAT!SO?: Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for your Size.
31. Sky Cubacub @rebirthgarments
Sky is the creator of Rebirth Garments, which specializes in “Trans*, Gender Queer and Disability Specific Needs in Lingerie and Swimwear.”
30. Andreja Pejic @andrejapejic
Pejic is known as the most recognizable transgender model in the world, leading the way for trans acceptance in the fashion industry.
