keeping fashion inaccessible to fat people is just another way to “other” us and if we had access to the same clothes fat ppl would replace a lot of the current fashion “it” girls
Things trauma survivors struggle with:
- trusting the process
- accepting uncertainty or not knowing
- criticism of any kind
In the past, all of these things were unsafe. So the body goes into threat mode when it senses they’re happening again.
Do it broke. Do it scared. Do it insecure. Do it ignorant. Do it without support. Do it alone. Just get started. Stop waiting on “the right time”. Stop waiting for more funds. Stop waiting for someone to validate you. Validate yourself. You’re the most profitable tool you have.
oh my god there are so many books to read and instruments to play and languages to learn and people to meet and songs to hear and food to taste and places to see and lives to live