Your Grandmother's Hips

Family Traits

These are the hips
my great-grandmother had.

These are the thighs of my mom.

This is the shape of the women we are.

We are feminine,
beautiful,
strong!

©elizabeth patch,More to Love

I attended a big family wedding this past week.
It was a wonderful event, with many different families, step-families and in-laws all gathered together to

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No Matter What Shape You're In

One of the many pleasures of summer time is being outdoors,
at parks, at the beach, at concerts, or anywhere that people gather to relax and spend time with each other.

I love people watching;
as an artist I am endlessly fascinated by the variety of forms that we come in.
For me, watching

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Apple or Pear?

Not a String Bean

Pear Shape?
Apple Shape?
Sweet,
Delicious
Woman shape!
from More to Love, © Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved

I discovered apple-shaped & pear-shaped bodies in a teen magazine
when I was about eleven years old.
At the time, I was shaped like a string bean, straight and round, and I hadn’t really thought

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A Big Healthy Girl

This is an unpublished painting for a new book I am working on. The theme of this book is “big girls” defying stereotypes.

A common stereotype is that all women with full figures eat nothing but junk food, and never touch fresh fruits or vegetables.

A quick snap judgement based on size:
she

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Hilda: Plus-Size Pin-Up

I know that “body image”, “size acceptance” and “self-esteem for women” are not generally fun topics!
So one of the things I try to do with both my art & writing is to take a light-hearted look at things that can often be emotional and serious for many, many women. My

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True Love Story

Love Story

Love knows all sizes.

from More to Love,
written and illustrated by Elizabeth Patch

Oh romance!

It is so much fun to get swept up in stories filled with
passion and drama, gowns and glamour,
star-crossed destiny and tragic desire…

Since childhood we’ve learned from fairy tales that the most beautiful Princess wins the heart

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Mixed Messages

© elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

Ladies!

Its time to panic about getting into all those revealing summer clothes!

Let’s Count Calories and/or Carbs and/or Points and/or Something!
Work on Those Abs!
Just 30 Minutes a Day!
Banish Cellulite!

And while you are at it:
Why Aren’t Your Children Perfect?
Your House is So Cluttered and

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Rich and Thin

Rich and Thin
So,
We’re not as thin as we’d like to be…
We’re not as rich either!

from More to Love,
© elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

“A woman can never be too rich or too thin”.
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Is that so?

Maybe this famous line is just another cheeky witticism from a member

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Bathing Suit Season

Summer Pleasures

Swimming…

Riding a bike…

Picnics and hikes…

The backyard and the beach…

Swinging in a hammock full of daydreams…

No bikini required!

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

I was hopefully, happily unpacking a few Spring things this week.
Short-sleeve tops! Capris! Sandals! Light colors! Sun dresses!
And then I found my bathing

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A New Point of View

New Point of View

Its not my shape that needs to change.
Its how I see myself.

excerpt from More to Love, ©elizabeth patch

We all have doubts about our body.
We all find fault with our looks.

Inspecting our flaws in the mirror is an intensely hurtful behavior
that many of us do automatically, without thinking.

The

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