Via Feministing:
Contributed by Jaclyn Friedman
I created the Big Moves calendar not just as a much-needed fundraiser for our tiny, broke-ass, volunteer-run organization, but also as an antidote to the narrow (pun-intended) images of beauty I’m bombarded with every day. In a world where Glamour sees fit to photoshop America Ferrara down to a size-nothing (and has the nerve to run the headline “1st Annual Figure Flattery Issue” right next to it), where images of “fat” women are used as sure-thing motivation to get you to buy whatever it is that will make you Not Like That, I wanted to reclaim the glamor of the Calendar Girl and make it something new and powerful. I wanted to glamorize the kind of real beauty that has nothing to do with what you weigh.
That’s not just a cliche — the women in this calendar are beautiful because they’re confident, because they’re brave enough to insist on being artists and performers against all social messages, because that’s what makes them feel alive. It’s an honor to perform with them, and it was a true privilege to shoot them for the calendar. These are my compatriots onstage and off — my fatties, as we’ve taken to calling each other with pride, no matter what our size.
We are women mending what’s broken in our lives, and my hope is that this calendar will mend some of what’s broken in all of our lives. I can’t wait to spend every day next year with this kind of beauty, and I hope that you will, too.
Note about the calendars: The slides how has lo-res versions of the pictures for quick-loading purposes. The actual pics are gorgeous high res and color saturated.
