There are exciting, intelligent, fat people - and exciting, intelligent, thin people.
My reality is never going to be stick-skinny.
Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.
I don't have a problem with my body. I don't diet, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.
I don't have shame with my body. I don't find a breast more vulnerable than an elbow.
I haven't always been the best advocate for my own body. I was a too-tall, pudgy child who felt completely out of control of the genetic lottery ticket she'd been given, so in retaliation, I shut down. I ignored my body and hated it for not being tiny and cute like my friends' bodies.
With any body shape it's important to buy the right size and not be dictated to by size you think you are. Try on a bigger and a smaller size in the shop and see what fits visually. If you do have to go up a size, cut the label out, it's just a number!
I don't preach body positivity - I'm just okay with the body I'm in and say, 'I love me, so you should love you.'
I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in.
I am a Radio 1 DJ and campaigner for women feeling confident at every size.
There's people who don't want to see bodies like mine or bodies like their own bodies.
There's all body types, but there's just one size.
I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it's purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren't attractive - because I think they're awesome and sexy.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the word 'curvy' or 'plus-size' because there are women who identify as that, and I'm not offended by it whatsoever because I don't feel like being bigger is anything wrong.
I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines.
I feel it's very important to remove labels; the progress in fashion will be when people completely cut out the words 'plus size' from their vocabulary and accept that women come in many sizes - especially over a size 4. Once that happens, I feel as though inclusiveness of body type will finally start happening.
I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.
I've never shown up to the set of 'SNL' or 'Girls' without having a million options for me to try on. They don't bat an eye at my body or how to dress me because they dress all kinds of bodies as costumers.
I had a totally normal relationship with my body.
You learn to be comfortable with your body. It's fine and not a big deal.
This is who I am. I am never going to be a size zero.
Many companies and publications don't understand what it means to be body positive or what it means to be plus-size. They're just trying to capitalize on the term because it's a hot topic.
I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance.
I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
Plus-size is a term that's never been used in hate; no one has ever used it in a negative way. The industry has always used it to help us identify where to shop.
