#CakeWithCashmerette:Women Post Pictures Eating Cake To Fight Back Against Rude Body Shamer

The people of Instagram are having their cakes and eating them, too.
About a month ago, blogger Jenny Rushmore posted a sketch to her Instagram of a bathing suit she planned to make.
The swimsuit design was drawn on a curvy female figure, and its caption included #BeachBodyReady.
According to Rushmore, an Internet troll commented on the sketch shortly after to tell Rushmore she should “eat less cake” if she wants a beach body.
The comment was quickly deleted, but the damage was already done.
In another post, Rushmore fired back with a healthy dose of scathing sarcasm.
She wrote,

To the random jerk who fat-shamed me this morning in a comment and suggested I eat less cake: As you can see from this pic my life is just a sad mess, so I’m glad you’ve helped steer my dietary choices, cheers! #effyourbeautystandards #CakeWithCashmerette

The sassy #CakeWithCashmerette caught on, and soon, bloggers from all over began posting photos of themselves eating cake to support Rushmore’s cause.

The movement only began four days ago…

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…but there are already more than 200 posts on Instagram.

Rushmore couldn’t be more grateful for the outpour of support she received.

She told The Guardian, “I think body-shaming hits a nerve with a lot of women, and increasingly people want to fight back.”

Rushmore continued, “And what better and tastier way to fight back than with cake?”

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Rushmore has long been a positive voice for plus-size women.

In addition to Cashmerette, Rushmore fronts the Curvy Sewing Collective, a plus-size sewing community…

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…and she helped create a line of fashion sketchbooks designed for plus-size women.