THANK YOU! Love that you mention the table weight limit- that’s so so so important. Paige’s pink table holds me just fine and she was really cool about being like “don’t worry I tested out the table. You’re good!” When she could tell I was a bit nervous about it. Love y’all for having this conversation.
I am so glad you brought this up because I also come from a place where I have dealt with eating disorders and body dysmorphia. I wad always self conscious about my belly and I've wanted to get my belly button pierced since I was 13. I was always told I shouldn't get a belly piercing because I don't have a flat stomach and it wouldn't look good. I was a pre teen at the time and also average size I was not overweight by any means but I was shamed for having a little bit of fat on my stomach then. Now I'm 32 years old and just got my belly button pierced a couple weeks ago and it looks so pretty! It makes me feel better about my body and it certainly made me feel more confident and proud that I took that step to lift my shirt for the piercer. I never used to lift my shirt up for anyone I even made love with my shirt on for years because of my insecurities and its so sad.
I’ve been putting off watching this as someone who struggles with body image and wow I’m so glad I finally did. This really hit home for me. Something about Paige’s delivery finally make me feel like I don’t have to wait to do things until I’m smaller.
I’ve been thinking about this very subject a lot recently when it comes to body suspension. I follow a lot of body suspension pages, groups, instagram pages, performers, practitioners, etc., and I almost exclusively see thinner framed, societally-considered beautiful, “alt model”, bodies when it comes to women/femme presenting ppl. It makes me really sad to not see more bigger bodied ppl (who aren’t cis men) being performers, doing nude/partially nude suspensions, etc. I realized that a lot of the issues I had with my own larger body is because I’m just not seeing enough of ppl who look like me doing those things I love so much (body suspension, body mods, piercings, etc.). Thinner bodies subconsciously become the “default setting” in our minds when it’s all we see. The more I see bigger bodied people being represented in the piercing/body mod/body suspension world, the more those body types (similar to my own) become part of the “default setting” subconsciously in my mind. And that changes how I view my own body, without me ever having to force body positivity on myself. Representation matters.
Like just the other day I was at a ORTHODONTIC SURGEON TO GET MY WISDOM TEETH OUT AND HE TOLD ME I WAS OBESE AND THAT I DIDNT NEED MY WISDOM TEETH OUT IT WAS JUST MY FAT CHEEKS MAKING MY MUSCLES HURT (sorry just was wanting to get it off my chest somewhere)
Yeessss 👏🏼. I totally needed to hear all of this. I’ve been putting off getting my navel repierced bc I’m self conscious about the size of my tummy now that I’m recovering from ED, and getting my nipples done bc my breasts aren’t picture perfect. Thank you for helping me give myself permission to just do what I want!!
I love EVERYTHING about this video. As a semi thick girl with miss. I relate to this soooo hard! Being made to feel like this stuff wasn’t for girls who look like me. And dealing with body image and ED issues. Paige hits the nail on the head! And when she says she wasn’t the pretty one made me hurt for her because she’s absolutely gorgeous!!! (And so sweet!)
❤❤❤❤❤ I relate so much!!! I’m working on getting my legs tattooed because I have never felt comfortable with them and now I’m covering them with art!!! I also want my stomach tattooed for the same reason but I have no idea with what. Regardless, I need to finish my right leg - move onto my left - and then my right arm 😅 Anyway, so much love and affection to you both! And thanks for sharing ❤
i used to get SO annoyed watching ink master when they'd complain so much about getting the fat canvas, or even a canvas who had lost a lot of weight. if you're the ink master then you should be able to tattoo stretch marks!! i'm still a bit afraid of getting tattooed in case i get turned away for having too much scar tissue from my stretch marks
I'm ready for a Torrid rant. The quality is THERE, I just wish they would do the easy thing of giving us basics in MULTIPLE COLORS, INCLUDING JEWEL TONES, instead of just black+ their one color of the season (which is often too pastel for my taste). Is that so hard? Also yes, too much mickey shit.
I had a friend that had a table with a weight limit of 200 lb that was supplied to them by a shop that they worked at I'm 6 ft tall 280 lb and I couldn't even get on it I had to sit in the chair so they got them a new table real quick
I applied for a piercing apprenticeship and was friends with many of the piercers at the shop. I was told in private that the owner threw out my application because he wants, "skinny, pretty women to attract more business" - never went there again.
THANK YOU! Love that you mention the table weight limit- that’s so so so important. Paige’s pink table holds me just fine and she was really cool about being like “don’t worry I tested out the table. You’re good!” When she could tell I was a bit nervous about it. Love y’all for having this conversation.
Also yes!! Post it on the website. When I go to the spa or to get a facial I really like to have that information.
I am so glad you brought this up because I also come from a place where I have dealt with eating disorders and body dysmorphia. I wad always self conscious about my belly and I've wanted to get my belly button pierced since I was 13. I was always told I shouldn't get a belly piercing because I don't have a flat stomach and it wouldn't look good. I was a pre teen at the time and also average size I was not overweight by any means but I was shamed for having a little bit of fat on my stomach then. Now I'm 32 years old and just got my belly button pierced a couple weeks ago and it looks so pretty! It makes me feel better about my body and it certainly made me feel more confident and proud that I took that step to lift my shirt for the piercer. I never used to lift my shirt up for anyone I even made love with my shirt on for years because of my insecurities and its so sad.
I’ve been putting off watching this as someone who struggles with body image and wow I’m so glad I finally did. This really hit home for me. Something about Paige’s delivery finally make me feel like I don’t have to wait to do things until I’m smaller.
I’ve been thinking about this very subject a lot recently when it comes to body suspension. I follow a lot of body suspension pages, groups, instagram pages, performers, practitioners, etc., and I almost exclusively see thinner framed, societally-considered beautiful, “alt model”, bodies when it comes to women/femme presenting ppl. It makes me really sad to not see more bigger bodied ppl (who aren’t cis men) being performers, doing nude/partially nude suspensions, etc. I realized that a lot of the issues I had with my own larger body is because I’m just not seeing enough of ppl who look like me doing those things I love so much (body suspension, body mods, piercings, etc.). Thinner bodies subconsciously become the “default setting” in our minds when it’s all we see. The more I see bigger bodied people being represented in the piercing/body mod/body suspension world, the more those body types (similar to my own) become part of the “default setting” subconsciously in my mind. And that changes how I view my own body, without me ever having to force body positivity on myself. Representation matters.
This made me really happy 😊
Like just the other day I was at a ORTHODONTIC SURGEON TO GET MY WISDOM TEETH OUT AND HE TOLD ME I WAS OBESE AND THAT I DIDNT NEED MY WISDOM TEETH OUT IT WAS JUST MY FAT CHEEKS MAKING MY MUSCLES HURT (sorry just was wanting to get it off my chest somewhere)
Im sorry WHAT. god medical professionals are often the worst about blaming everything on weight. Im so sorry you had to deal with that
WOW. eat him tbh. what a waste of space
Oh no. No no no. Please try to find a new orthodontic surgeon. He is completely full of shit and unethical. 💛
Loved this!! 💕💕💕 would definitely be interested to hear more insight from different piercers about their experience!
Yeessss 👏🏼. I totally needed to hear all of this. I’ve been putting off getting my navel repierced bc I’m self conscious about the size of my tummy now that I’m recovering from ED, and getting my nipples done bc my breasts aren’t picture perfect. Thank you for helping me give myself permission to just do what I want!!
I love EVERYTHING about this video. As a semi thick girl with miss. I relate to this soooo hard! Being made to feel like this stuff wasn’t for girls who look like me. And dealing with body image and ED issues. Paige hits the nail on the head!
And when she says she wasn’t the pretty one made me hurt for her because she’s absolutely gorgeous!!! (And so sweet!)
❤❤❤❤❤ I relate so much!!! I’m working on getting my legs tattooed because I have never felt comfortable with them and now I’m covering them with art!!!
I also want my stomach tattooed for the same reason but I have no idea with what. Regardless, I need to finish my right leg - move onto my left - and then my right arm 😅
Anyway, so much love and affection to you both! And thanks for sharing ❤
I loved this!!!
this is great thank you
I loved listening to this video
Love this
i used to get SO annoyed watching ink master when they'd complain so much about getting the fat canvas, or even a canvas who had lost a lot of weight. if you're the ink master then you should be able to tattoo stretch marks!! i'm still a bit afraid of getting tattooed in case i get turned away for having too much scar tissue from my stretch marks
I'm ready for a Torrid rant. The quality is THERE, I just wish they would do the easy thing of giving us basics in MULTIPLE COLORS, INCLUDING JEWEL TONES, instead of just black+ their one color of the season (which is often too pastel for my taste). Is that so hard? Also yes, too much mickey shit.
I had a friend that had a table with a weight limit of 200 lb that was supplied to them by a shop that they worked at I'm 6 ft tall 280 lb and I couldn't even get on it I had to sit in the chair so they got them a new table real quick
I loved watching this. I want to wear onesies and drink chocolate milk together
I applied for a piercing apprenticeship and was friends with many of the piercers at the shop. I was told in private that the owner threw out my application because he wants, "skinny, pretty women to attract more business" - never went there again.
Great topic. Fatphobia sucks. 🥴🥺🥺
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