This woman fixes fat-shaming memes to make them body positive
LifestylePublished Feb 16, 2017
Plus-size women are attacked daily on the internet. We're inundated with trolls in our body-positive spaces, we're sent lewd and rude private messages, and of course, because it is 2017, we are meme'd.
Body-positive coach, activist, and #ScarredNotScared creator Michelle Elman is on a mission to change plus-size internet culture, one meme revamp at a time.
Her Instagram account, @bodypositivememes, takes user-submitted (and personally found) fat-shaming memes and corrects them to make them more BOPO.
Ranging from witty to moving, her editing is brilliant. Here are a few of our favorites:
You're great, just the way you are.
Make sure you follow Michelle @bodypositivememes for your daily inspiration.
Go on and love the shit out of yourself, you deserve it.