Comments on: I took my body for a walk http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/ beauty. body image. womanhood. dessert. Fri, 24 May 2013 20:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carrie http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-96185 Carrie Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:56:20 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-96185 Very cute dress and look! Thank you for sharing it Very cute dress and look! Thank you for sharing it

]]> By: Adey http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-57439 Adey Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:16:38 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-57439 Wow. This piece has been established, in my mind, as the centerpiece of this blog. All other body image musing or convictions presented will have this as a central compass. I loved the concept of this post, if you can't tell. And I have to add that you look lovely and ...ethereal but still solid? The right adjectives aren't coming to me right now but yeah, you look great :) Wow. This piece has been established, in my mind, as the centerpiece of this blog. All other body image musing or convictions presented will have this as a central compass. I loved the concept of this post, if you can’t tell. And I have to add that you look lovely and …ethereal but still solid? The right adjectives aren’t coming to me right now but yeah, you look great :)

]]> By: Celynne http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-56050 Celynne Mon, 07 May 2012 14:39:14 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-56050 That's a lovely dress, and it looks gorgeous on you. I know what you mean about seeing a reflection of yourself that actually looks thinner than you feel. I know in the fact-driven part of my brain that I weigh so-and-so and that I am relatively fit and people find me attractive, and that in relation to others I am on the smaller size range now, but I often still SEE a really big me. Then randomly I see the size I actually am and it's like a shock, as if someone took off my fat-suit-goggles or something. That’s a lovely dress, and it looks gorgeous on you. I know what you mean about seeing a reflection of yourself that actually looks thinner than you feel. I know in the fact-driven part of my brain that I weigh so-and-so and that I am relatively fit and people find me attractive, and that in relation to others I am on the smaller size range now, but I often still SEE a really big me. Then randomly I see the size I actually am and it’s like a shock, as if someone took off my fat-suit-goggles or something.

]]> By: Birdy http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55996 Birdy Sat, 05 May 2012 20:47:56 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55996 I like what you say, Morgaine, about all naked bodies being equal. I volunteer with our local rescue squad, and when you're taking care of people they aren't always dressed. (Sorry to be blunt, thats just how it is!) It always hits me that, young, old, thin, fat, we are all pretty much the same in a way. So why do we worry about a little bit of fat here and there or scars or stretch marks or bumps or anything else? I have no idea. All I know is I'm okay at accepting other people's faults but not my own, somehow I'm supposed to be superhuman. lol I like what you say, Morgaine, about all naked bodies being equal. I volunteer with our local rescue squad, and when you’re taking care of people they aren’t always dressed. (Sorry to be blunt, thats just how it is!) It always hits me that, young, old, thin, fat, we are all pretty much the same in a way.
So why do we worry about a little bit of fat here and there or scars or stretch marks or bumps or anything else? I have no idea. All I know is I’m okay at accepting other people’s faults but not my own, somehow I’m supposed to be superhuman. lol

]]> By: morgaine http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55929 morgaine Thu, 03 May 2012 19:01:34 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55929 I attend a school famous for its end-of-semester Naked Bike Ride. I've participated twice now - second time just last night, in fact - and something alchemical happens. Communal nudity is the great equalizer. Subconscious judgmental tendencies are whisked away, and everyone looks gorgeous. We are completely in our bodies. It's incredibly liberating, and something I wish would become more commonplace. I'm tired of the naked human body being taboo. At Naked Bike Ride, flesh just *is*, with no value judgments attached. It's just *there*, because everyone is equally naked, and all naked bodies are equally sublime and absurd. I attend a school famous for its end-of-semester Naked Bike Ride. I’ve participated twice now – second time just last night, in fact – and something alchemical happens. Communal nudity is the great equalizer. Subconscious judgmental tendencies are whisked away, and everyone looks gorgeous. We are completely in our bodies. It’s incredibly liberating, and something I wish would become more commonplace. I’m tired of the naked human body being taboo. At Naked Bike Ride, flesh just *is*, with no value judgments attached. It’s just *there*, because everyone is equally naked, and all naked bodies are equally sublime and absurd.

]]> By: nyssnoo http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55927 nyssnoo Thu, 03 May 2012 18:08:45 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55927 i always feel sooo akward in my body xP im going to prom tomorrow. and i really shouldnt. why? because im too short to wear a long dress. and fat to do an empire waist. and my arms are to squishy to go strapless. And because im making this beautiful dress ugly. but i wish we could switch places. i always feel sooo akward in my body xP
im going to prom tomorrow. and i really shouldnt.
why?
because im too short to wear a long dress.
and fat to do an empire waist.
and my arms are to squishy to go strapless.
And because im making this beautiful dress ugly.
but i wish we could switch places.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55926 Rebecca Thu, 03 May 2012 17:48:55 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55926 Beautiful. You, your brain, your body, that dress. I absolutely know what you mean. Beautiful.

You, your brain, your body, that dress.

I absolutely know what you mean.

]]> By: Marie http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55924 Marie Thu, 03 May 2012 17:35:02 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55924 I recently started Jiu Jitsu again after not doing it for 13 years. Ironically even though it's so physical it makes me feel detached from my body since I am not used to it being strong enough to do all the things it does when I'm training. I also don't have time to engage in all the negative self talk about my body, I barely even have time to be proud of all the awesome new stuff my body can do. It is one of those few things that silences my overthinking brain :) Also, gorgeous dress :) I recently started Jiu Jitsu again after not doing it for 13 years.
Ironically even though it’s so physical it makes me feel detached from my body since I am not used to it being strong enough to do all the things it does when I’m training. I also don’t have time to engage in all the negative self talk about my body, I barely even have time to be proud of all the awesome new stuff my body can do. It is one of those few things that silences my overthinking brain :)

Also, gorgeous dress :)

]]> By: Emmi http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55921 Emmi Thu, 03 May 2012 16:25:30 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55921 As long as I feel like I look awesome, I *do* look awesome. Anyone who disagrees ain't lookin' right ;) I just bought my own lovely white dress and am looking forward to rocking that thing. Also, a bright yellow maxi dress, and a bright orange one. I like looking like a pylon! As long as I feel like I look awesome, I *do* look awesome. Anyone who disagrees ain’t lookin’ right ;)

I just bought my own lovely white dress and am looking forward to rocking that thing. Also, a bright yellow maxi dress, and a bright orange one. I like looking like a pylon!

]]> By: Sheryl http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/05/02/i-took-my-body-for-a-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55920 Sheryl Thu, 03 May 2012 16:14:45 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=4955#comment-55920 Relating to my own body is hard, damnit. Much harder than it should be. How did I end up inhabiting this, particular, body? Why doesn't it like me more? Why don't I like it more. Sometimes, though, I find a photograph is a great way to relate back. Those perfectly candid shots where I have an expression or am doing something that no one else does quite the same way and all I can see is myself. Those are good days. Relating to my own body is hard, damnit. Much harder than it should be. How did I end up inhabiting this, particular, body? Why doesn’t it like me more? Why don’t I like it more.

Sometimes, though, I find a photograph is a great way to relate back. Those perfectly candid shots where I have an expression or am doing something that no one else does quite the same way and all I can see is myself. Those are good days.

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