What is a Fat Admirer?

A "fat admirer", as stated in my previous post, is a person who is attracted to fat people. This term however, is mostly used as a way to label the men who like fat women. For example, I have been labeled as a fat admirer since I am attracted to fat women. For the women, however, there's the term "female fat admirers" (which is kinda obvious). These are the women who have an attraction for fat men. Also, these terms can also be used for homosexual and bisexual individuals as well. There was the term "chubby chasers" being used for the homosexuals, but from what I heard, they don't really use that term in the community anymore.

FAs can be classified into groups. There's the "closet FA," who is an FA but not very public about it and the "outed FA," who is an FA who is very public about it. People can be one or the other, but never both. Closet FAs are usually that way because they might be afraid that their peers might not accept it. Outed FAs, however, don't really care what their peers say and publicly announce their attraction to anyone. There are some people who are confused as to whether they are an FA or not. You might be an FA and not even realize it!

However, I will say that I don't really agree with the term. "Fat admirer" makes it sound like I'm only admiring the fat of a woman. Yes, I am admiring the curves, but I am also admiring the beauty of the woman in general. Fat women have a special kind of beauty that skinny women don't. Don't get me wrong, I love women of ALL sizes. I'm just more attracted to women of larger size.

Some folks believe that it is a freaky thing being attracted to overweight people. But for most of us, it’s just a preference. For example, there are some guys out there who are attracted to just redheads or blue-eyed gals. You don’t ridicule them for that, do you? So basically, there’s no reason to ridicule an FA for what he likes.

Here is a link to where a woman from Dimensions listed her view of the top ten reasons her husband (and possibly all FAs) like big women: Click Here.

Common Terms

Here are some common terms found within the fat community. I will state the terms first then the acronym and finally the definition.

Basic Terms
Fat Admirer (FA) - A male whom is attracted to fat females (or fat male if gay).
Female Fat Admirer (FFA) - A female whom is attracted to fat males (or fat females if gay).
Big, Beautiful Woman / Women (BBW) - A fat woman / women (considered "overweight" to most of society).
Big, Handsome Male / Men (BHM) - A fat man / men (considered "overweight" to most of society).
Super-Sized Big, Beautiful Woman / Women (SSBBW) - A very fat woman / women (considered "obese" to most of society).
Super-Sized Big, Handsome Male / Men (SSBHM) - A very fat man / men (considered "obese" to most of society).

There are also some more rare terms used within the community:
Big, Beautiful, Black Woman / Women (BBBW) - A fat, black woman / women (considered "overwight" to most of society).
Super-Sized Big, Beautiful, Black Woman / Women (SSBBBW) - A very fat, black woman / women (considered "obese" to most of society).
Ultra-Sized Big, Beautiful Woman / Women (USBBW) - An incredibly fat woman / women (considered "extremely obese" to most of society).

There are some terms that sometimes, though rarely, fall into the basic terms. This deals with the "Feederism" sub-community, which I will go deeper into on another blog post.

Feeder - A person whom finds it gratifying to feed their partner or another person food.
Feedee - A person whom finds it gratifying to be fed by their partner or another person with food.
Gainer - A person whom finds it gratifying to gain weight.
Encourager - A person whom encourages their partner or another person to gain weight.
Stuffer - A sub-term of "feedee" whom finds gratification in stuffing themselves (or by way of another person) with food.

One of the terms in the gay community, "chubby chaser," is not often used, especially within the fat culture. Unfortunately, I have heard people use this term outside the gay community to label regular FAs, but I just thought you'd like to know that it's not for use anywhere but the gay community. However, I haven't heard it been used at all, let alone the gay community so I don't think this term is actually in use anymore. But I'm not gay, so what do I know?

Please note that I will be going into more deeper into detail about these different terms later on in this blog, so you will have a better understanding of them. But for now, know these terms. And if I missed anything or if something is wrong, please do not hesitate to leave me a comment stating what it is.

Why I started this blog

I admit that I am someone who has a certain attraction for women who are on the plus side. Before you start calling me a freak, you must realize that there are a lot of people who are attracted overweight people. In fact, there are large online communities of them on the Internet with people all over the world! Some people, however, seem to take that as a joke or as something to make others feel bad about themselves. I don’t exactly how many there are, but there are a lot of people who are in the closet about being attracted to overweight people, so they can be accepted by their peers and the rest of society. I, however, am one of those who doesn’t really care what my peers or the rest of society thinks, and can say that I love overweight women loudly!

However, don’t think that I only am attracted to overweight women. Honestly, I love women of all shapes and sizes. Granted, there are a bunch of men who only like overweight women (or men, if they swing that way) and vise versa. To that I say, like to most things, “to each his or her own.” But I don’t think that you should discriminate against skinny folks if you like overweight folks better. That just makes you no better than the people who discriminate against overweight folks.

I also think that anyone can be beautiful or handsome at any size. Nowadays, I hear people saying to overweight people or about overweight people, “You’re kinda cute girlie, but you’ll look even better if you lost some pounds,” or, “He’s remotely attractive, but he should do some exercise more so he wouldn’t be so chubby.” That, dear readers, is not acceptable. If you find a person a bit attractive, overweight or not, don’t say something bad about the way they look because that means that you’re not really attracted to them in the first place. Not to mention, by saying something like that, they’ll hear that and feel pretty bad about themselves, thinking that they are not attractive, or worse, when the truth is that they are.

Well, that's all I'm talking about today. Next time, I'll introduce some common terms known in the fatosphere!

New Blog!

As being a member of the size acceptance and fat admiration movements, I thought that it was my duty to create a new blog to help show the people of the world my POV on the fatosphere! So kick back, relax, grab a cookie or two, and check out my FAT BLOG O' AWESOMENESS! :D