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DISABILITY PRIDE AND ADVOCATING FOR ACCESS – JULY 2022 BLOG POST FOR NCCHR GUEST POST

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Your fat disabled bestie ✨ lissie@looksbylissie.com 💌 Legally Blind and Chronically Ill Creator👩🏻‍🦯 Fashion 👗 & Mental Health ✨ Soonlywed 11.19.23 💍

Oh, January. What a month to start 2023 with! Lots

Oh, January. What a month to start 2023 with! Lots of good, a good bit of bad. Let’s see how I do packing the whole thing into 10 pics.

There were some cute fits and full faces of makeup. There were an equal number, if not more, days spent in pajamas with unbrushed hair. Flaring big 99% of this month, stress and the cold weather don’t make for a good combo re: chronic illness

Pic 2 shows the last 5 new years. Glow up? Glow down? Glow steady just evolved? Idk, you decide.

Saw my bestie, slayed while spending some time back in CLT, felt good to be home. I’ll be back soon.

Lost my baby. Such a sore, tender spot left still. Idk if pet loss ever gets easier. My smoo boy, you’re so missed and you were so loved.

Always forget there’s an entire Amish community here until I see them out and about. Different strokes for different folks 🤷‍♀️

Been making big strides with wedding planning. Save the dates going out SOON. The number of people on wedding forums who shorten that to STDs is incredible.

Shoe game strong gang.

This pic almost shows the sheer magnitude of the magnolia in my front yard. We’re planning on using its foliage for the wedding greenery because, well, free.

Ok so this definitely was not nearly everything but 10 pics makes things pretty limited. It gets the idea across though, a lot of big a little small and equal ish good and bad.

Friendly reminders that I need to hear too: romanticize the small moments, disabled is not a dirty word, plus size babes are hot, take time for you, give yourself a break, and you’re literally a good person even if your brain is telling you you’re not. Here’s to feb! The big birthday month! Every chronic illness patient’s most dreaded age: 26. Wish me luck!

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Raise your hand and drop a comment if wedding plan

Raise your hand and drop a comment if wedding planning is (or previously has) making you crazy!This is your sign to book a fun photoshoot with you and your partner. Seriously! This was core memory level fun. It can be so hard to stay present and enjoy your time as a fiancé, and all the pressure can cause disconnect between you and your partner, and lost confidence in yourself as a bride (especially a plus size bride, what with diet culture abound in the wedding industry). For this, I got my makeup done (@makeupandhairbydailyn is wonderful), booked a vintage car (@charlottethefiggy is such a cool car and Michele even provided a picnic!) and our wedding photographer (@whitneychasephoto !) took some amazing photos. The whole shoot was fun, romantic, and we got to goof off and be ourselves! It brought us closer and was such a huge boost to my self esteem. Seeing myself look hot af and just being able to really see how in love we are was 10/10 would recommend.

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What’s a color you don’t wear often? I’m cur

What’s a color you don’t wear often? I’m curious, so drop your answer in the comments! For me it’s blues and purples, for some reason I just never feel like I rock them but this sweater is so cute I couldn’t resist 🙈 It’s definitely a step outside my comfort zone though!

Also I got to spend the weekend in Charlotte with @_samhowe and it was literally so needed. I miss my city and I miss my friends! Til next time, Queen City.

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Drop your skin type and your holy grail face produ

Drop your skin type and your holy grail face products in the comments ⬇️ so we can all find new ones to try!

Are you a multi step skincare girlie? I’ll admit, I’m not one every day. Hell, I don’t even wash my face sometimes (which some may say is gross, but it’s a reality for chronic illness & I *know* more people do it than will admit to it 🫣). But when I’ve got the energy? I loooove skincare!

I’ve got hella dry skin, super super sensitive, and easily irritated. It’s a pain (sometimes literally 😩) to find products that don’t cause reactions and actually work for me, so I thought I’d share what I use on a regular basis. has been requested a few times and I’m finally delivering on it ☺️

WASH:
• @aveenous calm & restore nourishing oat cleanser
• @skinandco truffle therapy oil cleanser (this stuff is a splurge so it’s not an every day thing, but when I need to double cleanse this is my go-to. Their whipped cleanser is also good!)

TONE: (forgot this in the video)
• @goodmolecules niacenimide brightening toner

SERUM:
• @glowrecipe avocado ceramide recovery serum (this is my no.1 holy grail product, so so sooo good)
• @aveenous calm & restore serum
• @theordinary hyaluronic acid serum & multi peptide eyebrow serum

EYE:
• @glowrecipe avocado retinol eye sleeping mask
• @heyhoney open your eyes

MOISTURIZE:
• @aveenous calm & restore oat moisturizer

SPF:
• @marynmay_global cica soothing sun cream (can you tell I love products that reduce redness?)

I have a loooot more skincare but these are my most used, go to ones!

Should I share my fav makeup products next?

It’s me, hi 👋 I figured a little (re)introduc

It’s me, hi 👋 I figured a little (re)introduction was due, since it’s been a while and there’s some new faces (if that’s you, drop a comment so I can say hi!!). I want you to know that if you’re here, reading this, you are the reason *I’m* here. This is what I do, and without you, I couldn’t.
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So wait- back up. What tf is it that I do? And who tf am I? After all, this is an ✨ introduction ✨ post. Well, I’m Lissie. Im your new fat, disabled bff. I’m a disability advocate and plus size babe, I mesh fashion and activism into one cute package. Need hype? I’m your girl. I’m confident in my abilities to help you find confidence, all while smashing diet culture. I’m honest, raw, and real, and when I say I’m your new best friend, I mean it.
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Want to know more? Here’s my life story in a nutshell: I was born at a very young age, grew up with severe anxiety and undiagnosed chronic pain issues that stayed that way until my early 20s. Throw in some OCD, trauma, medical gaslighting, bipolar disorder, addiction -> sobriety journey, the whole nine yards. That's what lead me to this little place, my own little corner of the internet. It wasn't easy; it wasn't necessarily fun, and it was a lot of lives lived, lost, mourned, and recreated.
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Here’s some fun facts, comment and tell me one about you, too ⬇️
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🙈 I have never been one to shy away from the latest trends
💍 Soonlywed, 11/19/23
🧋 I’m an iced drinks 24/7/325 gal
🧠 mental health is a huge thing for me, especially since can't seem to ever find the perfect recipe for it
♿️ I’m multi-disabled, with a whole mess of chronic illnesses and a form of early onset macular degeneration
🦽 I split my time between a cane, a walker, and a power chair
🧍‍♀️ I’m really not a fan of making reels, but I do it anyway
🎂 my birthday is February 9 and my mom always goes above and beyond with my cakes

Lmk if you’ve got any q’s, cause I’ve got a’s! And if you’re new, hit follow and say hi!

It can be a bit much at times 😅 and then someti

It can be a bit much at times 😅 and then sometimes I forget it’s not normal and when I get horrified looks as I start to talk about it 😂 if you’re new here, why not hit follow and come with me on my chronic illness / mental illness / disability journey? And if you’re not new, write in the comments what aspect of this you’d like me to delve deeper into! Chronic pain and fatigue? Mental health issues like bipolar disorder and ocd? I really haven’t spoken much on legal blindness/vision loss, so if you’d like to learn more, drop a comment!

Video ID: lissie, a white woman with dark hair is wearing a blue sweater with flowers on it. She looks into the camera like she’s explaining something, with the words “PATIENTLY EXPLAINING MY FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS, POTS, UNDIAGNOSED GI ISSUES, GENETIC VISION LOSS, BIPOLAR 1, OCD, CPTSD, POSSBIBLE OTHER UNDIAGNOSED NEURODIVERGENCIES, AND HOW THEY HAVE ALL COME TO A HEAD AT ONCE DURING ONE OF THE MOST STRESSFUL PERIODS OF MY LIFE” then pulls back and looks around as the music goes “horrified looks from everyone in the room”, the text of which also appears on screen.

Disabled and cute | disabled pride | disabled is not a dirty word | mental health matters | break the stigma | fibro warrior | spoonie | spoonie warrior | but you don’t look sick | visual impairment | #fatdisabledworthy #chronicallyillcreatives #disabledfashion #babewithamobilityaid #chronicillnesslife #spooniesisterhood #spooniestrong #lowvision #visualimpairment #disabledandcute #disabilityadvocate #butyoudontlooksick #anxietydisorders #giveyourselfabreak #itsokaytonotbeokay #mentalillnessawareness #taketimeforyou #selfcarejourney

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