The comments, often hateful, are delivered from the privacy of behind a man’s one’s computer screen, where they are less likely to be held accountable for their actions. Over the past two years, Delarto has taken comments that trolls have made about the way she looks and turned them into artwork, digitally plastering them over her naked body and sharing them on Instagram. Dubbed the Comments Project, the idea came about through her less than stellar experience using dating apps. “I’m going to go to the gym or run outside, and tomorrow I’m not, because I’m hung over, you know? That’s the biggest disconnect — the thought that plus-size people are not normal, that we’re a failed attempt at having a skinny body — and I’m over that.”You and us both.

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2018 16:52 UTC