Catching up with Caroline
This month’s Fat Self-Care Club guest was Caroline @justmeandmymirror! Caroline is a fiercely fat-positive, anti-diet, and pro-joy influencer sharing her message through amazing style and joyful dance moves. I sat down with Caroline and the fat self-care members to hear about how she got started and what motivates her to share her dancing magic!
Here are some of my favorite takeaways from the conversation:
Caroline started @justmeandmymirror as an Instagram page to share daily outfits and was coming out of a post-travel depression trying to find her way. It was something she did to feel good and to find her place again, but it turned into a much more revolutionary place.
Realizing how entrenched she was in diet culture, Caroline did a complete 180, started engaging with the fat community and started developing her pro-fat politic. Disengaging with diet culture, reckoning with the harm of weight stigma, and choosing a new path.
In 2020 Caroline was learning about joyful movement, intuitive eating, and HAES. One day instead of taking a photo, she started dancing in her fav outfit for a reel… she has not stopped since. She tries to dance every day, it’s her little moment of joy and connection with all of us!
Caroline is newer to Fat Self-Care but is really starting to find accommodations that fit her body’s needs. Sharing on the call about a new desk chair that isn’t digging into her sides and how big the revelation of having a chair that fits well is a huge game changer for comfort. She loves social media for talking about all of the things that fit, and making life feel more comfortable for her fat body.
Recently Burlesque has been a huge piece of Caroline’s body liberation journey. Debuting last April, she has been finding her way and her freedom on the stage. It’s been more liberating than she could have imagined, and is in a troop called “Goddess Collective Burlesque”. She has found her element as the belle of the ball!!
We talked about dating while being fat, we talked about going back to therapy and family. We talked about the tricky traps of diet culture, and nourishing our bodies. We talked about how hard eating can be and about navigating health within our family structures.
It was a joy to have Caroline with us on the call! If you want more juicy details, join Fat Self-Care Club and join us Live!