No your eyes are not deceiving you, should you be trying to hashtag those stunning photos of your beautiful body with #curvy, it will no longer lead to anything. If you should try to search #curvy for inspiration on your self-love journey, in place of images of hips and thighs, you’ll get a simple message with a complex meaning: “no photos or videos.” The first question that will pop into your surprised brain, perhaps, “Why!?” My answer: covert Fat Phobia – especially given that #thin and #skinny are still allowed, as are much more graphic and heinous hashtags that I do not believe in perpetuating, such as Buzzfeed took the liberty of doing, but even including words such as #bitch and #dildos still, when Instagram has publicly claimed that their reasoning is #curvy propagated too much skin showing.
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I’m just calling total BS on that – social media seems to have quickly become just as frightened as mass media of a womyn’s choice to re-claim her body from society and radically love herself unconditionally. That makes NO ONE any money in this capitalistic culture that literally feeds off of telling others how to eat. So again, because of the economy of keeping Fat Phobia alive and spreading it pervasively, #curvy can no longer happen. Until we rally together strong enough to overturn this decision, I decided to featured other curve-inclusive hashtags that are still usable on Instagram, so that we could begin flooding those in the meantime. The following are 5 of my favorite curvy-related hashtags to begin utilizing and tuning into on Instagram, as well as my 5 favorite curvy social media queens, all kicked off with my initial reaction to this occurrence that you should all feel free to use as well: #takebackthecurves
As well as the brilliant new #curve movement by @thecurvycupcake
https://instagram.com/p/5KShHLKUkk/?taken-by=acurvycupcake
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1. #curvee
2. #curvesreign
3. #curves
5. #curvesahead
(in no particular order)
1.@curvesonthemove
2. @curvesonabudget13
3. @curvesbecomeher
4. @honorcurves
https://instagram.com/p/5LX4adgxi2/?taken-by=honorcurves
5. @curvesandchaos
Featured photo Image: Saucye West Photography by Gerry Garcia in Babydoll Couture
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