The Plus Size, Full Figured, Curvy Results Are In

A while ago after an email exchange with a rep at one of the fashion companies, who was concerned about using the phrase “Plus Size” for their companies offerings for women “our size”, I created a poll to gauge what WE prefer to be called and the results are very interesting.

• 46% voted for the word “Curvy”
• 22% voted for the phrase “Plus Size”
• 18% voted for “Other” of the nine who voted in this category, 8 said that they call themselves “Fat”
• 10% voted for the word “Full Figured”
• 4% voted for the word “Large”

Personally I call myself Plus Size.

Why?

Because I have just owned the phrase for myself for years now.

My old blog was called The Plus Size Diva, so for me the phrase Plus Size has always been this really positive description that I applied to myself.

It described my body AND my life!

Big Beautiful, Fabulous, PLUS SIZE!

I never let the media or those who have taken the words and turned them into something ugly or malicious change or effect my “affection” for the phrase

Now as for the word Curvy, I am not really surprised that it came in first place but I did not expect it to be so far ahead of Plus Size.

I say that I am not surprised that it was a favorite, because I know that the word has a more positive reputation than almost any other word that could describe a woman.

When people here the word curvy, they think of sexy womanliness, you know like Kim Kardashian or Beyonce or J Lo.

I loved the girls that owned the word Fat too because I believe that there is power in taking words normally negatively associated  and owning them.

Viva la Fat Girls!

I was a little surprised that 10% chose Full Figured, simply for no other reason than its just so blah to me.

But I would love to hear your feedback on this.

(Note there were really great comments on this post from a variety of women but they didn’t survive my switching over to the disqus commenting system…boo)