I read this article yesterday, and I am completely inspired by this woman's pictures.
Brittany Gibbons
I am not sure I have ever seen pictures of another woman in this state of undress who so completely represents my body type and skin tone. So I've decided--this summer I'm going to rock a two piece. My husband is thrilled. I'm hoping I won't chicken out.
Here's the truth: I have always felt "too big" to wear a two piece, even when I was 18 years old and about 130 pounds. Even if I felt good about my body, that huge expanse of porcelain white skin from head to toe was just antithetical to what anyone thought looked good.
So I covered up. I've been "covering up" my whole life. Now that I'm in my forties, I want to break free. I want to shed the restrictive skin of giving a damn about what people think of my chubby white self. I want to feel sexy. I want to be sexy. I want to believe that I am sexy.
This will be the summer of the two piece. I don't mean a two piece that covers up my entire torso with a skirt for bottoms. I want to own it. Show some skin.
Thank you, Brittany, for your article and your pictures. We'll see how it goes. My husband has offered to punch anyone who says something mean to me.
