article_snippet.sent: A burlesque performer is attempting to eradicate all negativity surrounding the word 'fat' – by embracing A burlesque performer as an honest, body-positive description of Lillian Bustle own physique.
article_snippet.sent: During a recent TED talk, Lillian Bustle, from New Jersey, revealed that The dancer also calls The dancer 'short', because The dancer is 5'3'', and 'wife', because The dancer is married, noting that each of these words is just an honest description of what The dancer is.
article_snippet.sent: And 'fat' is just another self-descriptor for The dancer, who insists that the word doesn't have to be used as a synonym for 'ugly'. '
article_snippet.sent: We as women are programmed to tell each other that We're not fat, because to many people - both men and women - fat is the worst thing that you can be,' The dancer said during The dancer talk, which took place earlier this month.
article_snippet.sent: : Burlesque performer Lillian Bustle explained in The dancer TED talk that 'fat' is just another word - and using it doesn't have to be an insult .
article_snippet.sent: During Beauty lecture, Lillian explained that 'fat' shouldn't mean the same thing as ugly .
article_snippet.sent: That promising fact is something that encourages the dancer to perform burlesque, which enables the dancer to expose the dancer audiences to a 'fat' body in a positive, glamorous way.
article_snippet.sent: Lillian also quoted another performer named Beelzebabe, who has spoken out in the past about the fact that the body diversity of burlesque performers 'challenges us to rethink the narrow confines that society has given us for what's desirable'.
article_snippet.sent: It certainly challenged Lillian, who weighs in at 240lbs.
highlights_snippet.sent: At 240lbs, Lillian Bustle says Lillian Bustle's not being negative when Lillian Bustle calls Lillian Bustle 'fat' - Lillian Bustle is just being factual .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lillian Bustle says Lillian Bustle likes performing burlesque because it helps open people up to liking different body types .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The dancer says The dancer's thrilled at the positive reception The dancer TED talk has received, adding that The dancer believes it means 'body-positivity' is working .