Society has a long history of telling women what they should and shouldn't look like. The fatkini is being flaunted as a rebellion in which fat women are finally allowed to show some flesh. My problem starts with how this is still promoted with calls to beauty. That fat women can look good in a two piece bathing suit. It remains stuck in a world where women have to look beautiful. And the fatkini itself is high waisted and often front panelled in order to cover and control a woman's belly. We still get the message that it's not OK to have a belly. Personally, I don't care what you look like in whatever you wear. That really should remain a matter of personal taste. I like or dislike what both women and men wear and how they look over the full range of sizes. That doesn't mean they don't have a right to look or dress like that. It's no business of anyone else's how you look. Worry about your health if you are going to worry about anything. Is your waistline over 80cm? Check out http://tinyurl.com/lvmvs32. You won't die from people disapproving of how you look, but there's a lot of suffering to be had in diabetes, chronic heart disease or kidney failure.
Fat men turn up on beaches in red speedos. If you want to wear a hot pink g-string bikini to the beach this summer, I don't care what size you are and whether people think it's "beautiful", just go for it. If you are swimming or jogging in it, all the better.
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