Swimwear Self-Love Selfie

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I have been on this “beautiful journey into aging” for almost 3 years now. When I started AndBloom, I was 42, and today I am nearly 46. I learned a lot along the way from the women I met that shared their life stories with me.

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22/05/2021

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I learned more about myself. I have come to see and appreciate my body much more in many different ways, the changes it underwent and undergoes. I have also learned that the world has an even more distorted view of beauty and aging than I eventually thought. Most of us really prefer to look young, slim, and/or beautiful role models. When it deviates from the ideals, we turn out to like it less, as seen in the sometimes significant differences in likes on the various portraits of the women I post here on AndBloom.

Today a swimwear self-love selfie. Something I couldn’t have imagined posting of myself even a year ago. In recent weeks I have photographed several women in bathing suits as part of the coming summer (here in the Netherlands). Picture-taking is what I do, and I do it to inspire women. A female follower asked me privately, why not posting women in bathing suits with bigger sizes? An excellent question. Where are all those kickass plus-size over 40 women? The ones that accept their bodies and want to join this community with a picture in swimwear to present body diversity?

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"And I have a vague sense that society’s criticisms hinder these women from showing themselves freely; correct me if I am wrong."

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.

Integer nec odio.

I learned more about myself. I have come to see and appreciate my body much more in many different ways, the changes it underwent and undergoes. I have also learned that the world has an even more distorted view of beauty and aging than I eventually thought. Most of us really prefer to look young, slim, and/or beautiful role models. When it deviates from the ideals, we turn out to like it less, as seen in the sometimes significant differences in likes on the various portraits of the women I post here on AndBloom.

Today a swimwear self-love selfie. Something I couldn’t have imagined posting of myself even a year ago. In recent weeks I have photographed several women in bathing suits as part of the coming summer (here in the Netherlands). Picture-taking is what I do, and I do it to inspire women. A female follower asked me privately, why not posting women in bathing suits with bigger sizes? An excellent question. Where are all those kickass plus-size over 40 women? The ones that accept their bodies and want to join this community with a picture in swimwear to present body diversity?

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.

Integer nec odio.

I learned more about myself. I have come to see and appreciate my body much more in many different ways, the changes it underwent and undergoes. I have also learned that the world has an even more distorted view of beauty and aging than I eventually thought. Most of us really prefer to look young, slim, and/or beautiful role models. When it deviates from the ideals, we turn out to like it less, as seen in the sometimes significant differences in likes on the various portraits of the women I post here on AndBloom.

Today a swimwear self-love selfie. Something I couldn’t have imagined posting of myself even a year ago. In recent weeks I have photographed several women in bathing suits as part of the coming summer (here in the Netherlands). Picture-taking is what I do, and I do it to inspire women. A female follower asked me privately, why not posting women in bathing suits with bigger sizes? An excellent question. Where are all those kickass plus-size over 40 women? The ones that accept their bodies and want to join this community with a picture in swimwear to present body diversity?

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.