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#Fatkini is a hashtag-based photo fad in which women take photographs of themselves in plus-size two-piece bikini suits and share them online to promote body positivity and fat acceptance.

Origin

On April 22nd, 2012, fashion blogger Gabi Gregg posted an article titled “Fatkini 2012”^[1] with several photographs of herself dressed in a striped two-piece bathing suit (shown below). In the post, she encouraged her readers not to shy away from sporting bikini suits, regardless of one's body shape or body image.

"As always, I truly encourage you guys to get to the beach (or a pool) this summer--don't let body shame keep you from having a good time! I don't expect everyone to feel comfortable in a two piece, but hopefully I can inspire some of you to take the plunge."

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On June 11th, a Facebook^[4] page titled “Fatkini” was launched to highlight photographs of plus-sized women in two-piece bathing suits. In just over two years, the page has garnered at least 2,000 likes.

On June 11th, a Facebook^[4] page titled "Fatkini" was launched, which highlights photographs of plus-sized women in two-piece bathing suits.

"Fatkinis are the beautiful two-piece bathing suits that amazing fat babes wear while sunbathing, swimming, doing household chores, petting cats, eating ice cream, etc."

On June 2nd, 2014, Redditor kubot submitted a reaction GIF to /r/TrollXChromosomes,^[6] a subreddit community dedicated to women's humor, in a post titled “MRW I finally get the nerve to wear my ‘fatkini’ in public and I get unexpected compliments” (shown below).

On August 10th, BuzzFeed^[2] posted a compilation of #Fatkini examples taken from Instagram. The same day, Redditor freedom_tory submitted the BuzzFeed article to the /r/fatlogic^[5] subreddit, where the top comment criticized the post for referring to plus-size women as "real women." Meanwhile, Instagram^[11] user tessmunster posted a photograph of herself wearing a bikini, which gathered upwards of 18,000 likes and 960 comments in the first 24 hours (shown below).

In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the photo trend, including The Sydney Morning Herald,^[7] Mirror,^[8] MTV^[9] and The Independent.^[10] As of August 2014, there are over 7,400 Instagram posts with the tag #fatkini.^[12]

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Gabi Fresh – Fatkini 2012

^[2] BuzzFeed – Women Are Sharing Gorgeous Pictures Of Their Real Bodies

^[3] Reddit – My favoirte disgusting #fatkini posts

^[4] Facebook – Fatkini

^[5] Reddit – Have yall heard of Fatkini and the 39 real sexy ladies?

^[6] Reddit – MRW I finally get the nerve to wear my fatkini

^[7] The Sydney Morning Herald – Fatkini The hashtag inspiring women of all shapes to plunge into swimwear

^[8] Mirror – #Fatkini See incredible pictures of real women

^[9] MTV – The #Fatkini Hashtag Is Bringing Body Positivity To Your Beach

^[10] The Independent – Fatkini hashtag encourages women

^[11] Instagram – tessmunster

^[12] Iconosquare – fatkini

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Fatkini' Sells Out! Why the Plus-Size Swimsuit Is Summer's Hottest Look By Elise Solé, Shine Staff | Healthy Living Fri, May 24, 2013 3:07 PM EDT f Share 4892 Tweet 2 +1 Pi Print mai Johnny Canucklehead7months agoReport Abuse So the guys complaining about the model being fat must not like large breasts. Hey, to each their own. You want a rail with fake boobs, knock yourself out. Just a word to the wise, that's not all that'll be fake when you do the horizontal mambo 138 82 27 Replies Sonia 6 months ago | Report Abuse hey guys wake up, real women are not skinny anymore, we have bodies and after kids too and age, they never make comments about fat men, do they? She looks great and Fatkirni 41 23 this bikini, o slimming bikini or something like that. What is the obsession about having some weight, real women and people are not rails with fake boobs and fake personalities , most attractive women are a bit on the heavier side, look around and you will notice this. I am a bit chubby and have been told that I am really nice looking woman by many men, so what is the big deal with a little chubby or extra pounds, age is a big factor too Guys, look at yourselves in the mirror sometimes and see wh at you look like in the years Ugurugreen 7 months ago Report Abuse 7143 Hey, she looks happy.. what else matters. Just remember, stick people, "fatties" will outlast you in a famine. Ario L 6 months ago Report Abuse She looks better than any of those skeletons some adds have, I would pay to go see girls like her on a runway, she is gorgeous! Reply FirkinL 7 months ago | Report Abuse 141.4 그 101 There is a difference between being full-figured or curvy, like this beautiful model, and being just plain fat. The model is just fine the way she is. No extra pounds on her. People with multiple rolls and flubs of fat wobbling around should think twice before buying the bathing suit if they think they are going to look glamorous like the model in it. Bottom line, though wear whatever you darn well want to wear. It really isn't anyone else's business. Just don't pretend that being fat and obviously overweight is is the same thing as being a larger, healthy person. 46 Replies

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