So, Is the Body Positivity Movement Still a Thing?

[ThatRobGuy]

So, Is the Body Positivity Movement Still a Thing?

Body positivity is shifting with the rise of weight-loss drugs and a booming skincare industry. Discover how body neutrality offers a healthier approach.

www.psychologytoday.com

Here's a few older pieces about this subject from The Atlantic and TIME.

Could Ozempic Derail the Body-Positivity Movement?

The medical miracle could reverse our progress on accepting bodies of all sizes.

www.theatlantic.com

Ozempic Exposed the Cracks in the Body Positivity Movement

Catherine Mhloyi unpacks our willingness to make a potentially life-saving medication scarce in the name of self-love.

time.com

I think this echoes some of the things I had mentioned last year.

Which is that "body positivity" movement didn't actually believe their own bovine excrement, they just want to attach some sort of "virtue" to the concept of excusing the lack of will power and poor decisions.

"Healthy at any size!" "Big is beautiful!" "You're perfect just the way you ar..... wait.... what's that? There's now an effort-free way to lose weight for $60/month with an injection and I can still eat stuff I like until I feel full and lose 50 pounds in 6 months? Ummm nevermind, I'm going to get some GLP-1s, can you believe how amazing I look after I lost weight?"

 

[RileyG]

As someone who lost nearly 40 pounds in 2 years and am no longer obese, I feel very critical of the body positivity movement. Obesity is NOT healthy and can lead to multiple health issues such as stroke, heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes etc. Being a healthy weight is so, so important for our health.

 

[Nithavela]

I think it was a mistake to reduce the "body positivity" movement to people being happy with being fat. Especially since that is one of the body alterations that is easily reversible by changing habits in most cases. It not only drastically reduces quality of life and life expectancy, but unduly causes costs and drains manpower in the health industry.

If you are okay with having turned your body fat into your own enemy, fine, but leave some room for the rest of people who aren't at fault for having a body they are being shamed for.

 

[BCP1928]

So, Is the Body Positivity Movement Still a Thing?

Body positivity is shifting with the rise of weight-loss drugs and a booming skincare industry. Discover how body neutrality offers a healthier approach.

www.psychologytoday.com

Here's a few older pieces about this subject from The Atlantic and TIME.

Could Ozempic Derail the Body-Positivity Movement?

The medical miracle could reverse our progress on accepting bodies of all sizes.

www.theatlantic.com

Ozempic Exposed the Cracks in the Body Positivity Movement

Catherine Mhloyi unpacks our willingness to make a potentially life-saving medication scarce in the name of self-love.

time.com

I think this echoes some of the things I had mentioned last year.

Which is that "body positivity" movement didn't actually believe their own bovine excrement, they just want to attach some sort of "virtue" to the concept of excusing the lack of will power and poor decisions.

"Healthy at any size!" "Big is beautiful!" "You're perfect just the way you ar..... wait.... what's that? There's now an effort-free way to lose weight for $60/month with an injection and I can still eat stuff I like until I feel full and lose 50 pounds in 6 months? Ummm nevermind, I'm going to get some GLP-1s, can you believe how amazing I look after I lost weight?"

Yeah, the whole thing was dumb. Now, how are you going to blame it on cultural marxism?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Yeah, the whole thing was dumb. Now, how are you going to blame it on cultural marxism?

I blame Obama.

 

[BCP1928]

I blame Obama.

But it was George Soros who put it up to him, you bet.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

I think it was a mistake to reduce the "body positivity" movement to people being happy with being fat. Especially since that is one of the body alterations that is easily reversible by changing habits in most cases. It not only drastically reduces quality of life and life expectancy, but unduly causes costs and drains manpower in the health industry.

If you are okay with having turned your body fat into your own enemy, fine, but leave some room for the rest of people who aren't at fault for having a body they are being shamed for.

Body positivity should've always been reserved for circumstances of birth, or perhaps someone who had some sort of accident and lost a limb or had some condition like vitiligo.

But the majority of the messaging surrounding it always seemed to be pertaining to the "Proud to be plus size" angle.

 

[BCP1928]

Body positivity should've always been reserved for circumstances of birth, or perhaps someone who had some sort of accident and lost a limb or had some condition like vitiligo.

But the majority of the messaging surrounding it always seemed to be pertaining to the "Proud to be plus size" angle.

There was a racial issues to it as well, of course, because what constitutes "right weight" culturally can vary.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

There was a racial issues to it as well, of course, because what constitutes "right weight" culturally can vary.

Cultural perceptions of what size is preferable doesn't negate science and cardiology.

 

[Nithavela]

There was a racial issues to it as well, of course, because what constitutes "right weight" culturally can vary.

Haven't seen a single "body positivity" ad or message that didn't include people who wouldn't have looked fat in any skin color.

 

[BCP1928]

Cultural perceptions of what size is preferable doesn't negate science and cardiology.

No, they don't.

 

[RileyG]

I think it was a mistake to reduce the "body positivity" movement to people being happy with being fat. Especially since that is one of the body alterations that is easily reversible by changing habits in most cases. It not only drastically reduces quality of life and life expectancy, but unduly causes costs and drains manpower in the health industry.

If you are okay with having turned your body fat into your own enemy, fine, but leave some room for the rest of people who aren't at fault for having a body they are being shamed for.

Agreed