this is my skin. skin that i’ve never showed anyone because i’m too afraid they’ll judge me. i’m terrified no one will love my acanthosis nigricans, stretch marks, hair, confluent and reticulated papillomatosis, and all my other various ‘problems’ and imperfections. but i’m tired of hiding and i wanted to share my skin with someone, and i chose you.
you’re so beautiful. i know so many folks will be able to see themselves in this art and know they’re not alone.
Our-Skin is body/fat/queer/sex positive that works to combat whiteness and colonization and is a safe place for all gender expressions and presentations.
It is not a place to promote weight loss, fat hatred, racism or transphobia
If you have submitted and are wondering why it was not posted, please think about if your post subscribed to our mission statement.This is a blog about the realities of our skin and this is a place to talk about things we’re feeling upset about or how we’re experiencing discomfort while looking for feedback or advice, but I encourage you to construct it in a way that is respectful to our many followers and yourself!
Pain is real but let’s talk about it in a gentle way
If you have any questions, please ask away
xoxo
Reblogging in case you missed it the first time! I’ve had to delete a lot of submissions and I don’t want to! Submit, but choose your words carefully!
[image description: a photograph of the upper thigh of a fat black woman. No vulva showing, regular body hair is also there]
This is one of my thighs. I don’t shave them because I end up with horrible skin irritation, ingrown hairs, boils, etc.
The darker dots are small scars on my legs are from various chub rub problems (boil, cyst, ingrown hair, inflammation, etc. etc).
Some of the skin is reddened because I have several boils under the skin right there (a carbuncle).
It’s my thigh. No one has ever left my bed because it isn’t perfectly smooth and evenly colored. I haven’t had anyone comment on it at all.
beautiful and powerful
Recently, Majestic and I have been making aspirin masks and using them where we get clogged pores. This could look like putting it on your inner thighs, faces, arms, anywhere you have skin that gets clogged. The aspirin dries out the skin so be mindful of that!!
What You’ll Need:
uncoated…
These are my stretchmarks and my breasts. I’ve spent a good part of today touching them and observing them. I existed for years without ever trying to get to know myself…treating my body as if I was renting.
This is the home that I own.
(This blog runs on submissions everyone! If you want to see more, you have to add more!)
stretching in front of the webcam turned into a submission! If you’re reading this and have skin, you should consider submitting to the skin blog I run
Ochi has dermographism and has used her skin in a series of photographs called Revelations that have just been selected for Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed, which is a competition for recent photography graduates in the UK.
I think these photographs are very beautiful and powerful, as is this Tumblr.
This is really neat
I’ve had this little nest of freckles on my side as long as I can remember. I used to think it was dirt and scrub away at it for hours.
Also featured: some fresh looking stretch marks and some marks from my bra!!
Let’s see some submissions!! xoxo
I forgot about these little freckle friends so I decided to submit them :) Are you following this tumblr? Have you submitted?
I’m not brave enough to really post on here. Not yet, anyways. I’ve tried a few times— I’ve even taken photos— but I’ve never been brave enough to click the submit button. Part of me even wants to go anon on this.
From moles and black heads to a Ferriman-Gallwey hirsuitism score of 16 and a bald patch on the crown of my head (not to mention stretch marks and cellulite), my story with my skin is complicated and often painful, both physically and emotionally. I know, intellectually, that none of these “things” are inherently bad but I still am unhappy and self-conscious about having them. Much like early in my journey to accepting my fat, I see them on other people and I actually LIKE them. For some reason(s), that I’m still unpacking, I can’t seem apply this appreciation to my own body.
This blog is helping me process these feelings. Seeing these shared experiences with the way we look at, literally, the very surface of ourselves is powerful. I can’t express enough gratitude to the brave contributors and the incredible broad who made this space happen.Thank you all, so much. I’m so proud of you and so honored that I get to hear your stories.
xo,
Rachel
I love the people in my life <3
The more photos I reveal of my bare skin at its worst, the more empowered I feel.
Have you submitted to Our Skin yet?? You should!! xoxo
This is a photo of my thighs and bum. What looks like goosebumps are actually keratosis pilaris and it’s permanent. I’m really lucky to have the skin colored bumps as opposed to the red ones. You can’t really see them without proper lighting or by literally touching the area. No one has complained…but it still bothers me. No cure, it can be managed, but they will always come back/
I have this too!! Before I knew what it was I tried to scratch them off :(
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[image description: a photograph of the upper thigh of a fat black woman. No vulva showing, regular body hair is also there]
This is one of my thighs. I don’t shave them because I end up with horrible skin irritation, ingrown hairs, boils, etc.
The darker dots are small scars on my legs are from various chub rub problems (boil, cyst, ingrown hair, inflammation, etc. etc).
Some of the skin is reddened because I have several boils under the skin right there (a carbuncle).
It’s my thigh. No one has ever left my bed because it isn’t perfectly smooth and evenly colored. I haven’t had anyone comment on it at all.
beautiful and powerful](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6mfgxvbwF1qiav2go1_500.jpg)
