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So, Is the Body Positivity Movement Still a Thing?

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





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?"
 

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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.
 
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