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The Body Is Not An Apology
Check out the spoken word poem that started a powerful movement of self-love and remember that your body is not an apology!
Read More4 Body-Negative Messages People Spread in the Name of Body Positivity
“Men like something to hang onto.” These messages seem positive – but find out why they’re not as great as they seem.
Read MoreDear ‘Body Positive’ Bloggers and YouTubers: That’s Not Body Positive
When body positivity is “in,” that must be a good thing, right? Not necessarily – Corissa Enneking points out some key aspects of body positivity that are getting left behind.
Read MoreWhat If Body Positivity Doesn’t Work? How About Body Neutrality?
“Love Your Body!” “Everyone Is Beautiful.” These mantras come from people with their hearts in the right places. But here are the important reasons why this activist is shifting from “body positivity” to “body acceptance.”
Read More3 Ways the Body-Positivity Movement Could Be More Body-Positive
It’s time for us to stop fighting each other over what kind of body is right and affirm that all bodies are amazing so that we can move on, fight for social justice, and enjoy our lives.
Read MoreBody Policing Police: Because Your Body Belongs to You!
From body size to body hair, society has so much to say about which bodies are acceptable and which are not. Sadly, the people who are supposed to love and affirm us unconditionally sometimes end up being the ones who project those harmful standards onto us the most. Check out this comic to see one way body policing manifest and how to fight back.
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The Body Love Course
What Is the Body Positive Movement?
Is it okay to call someone fat? Can you tell what a healthy body “looks” like? Marie Southard Ospina how the body positive movement is taking on these questions – and why that matters for you.
Read MoreThe Real Deal On Body Acceptance
Body acceptance is not about disregarding your health. Its about loving and accepting your body and wanting to take care of it. There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” body, and it is important to listen to your body and all the signs and signals it provides you. Accept yourself and your beautiful form, and this will encourage those you interact with to love their bodies as well.
Read MoreShould Beauty Matter in Body Acceptance?
Is wanting to feel beautiful a bad thing? You may believe that everyone is beautiful – or that we should stop valuing beauty altogether. Here’s Melissa A. Fabello on why this debate is more complicated than you may think.
Read MoreMy Body is Not an Achievement or a Work in Progress
The beauty ideal has changed over time, but the idea that there is only one way to have a beautiful body has not. The current one necessitates thinness. Until we’ve accomplished thinness, we are works in progress, and that there is no excuse for not participating in this. It’s not about policing how we look, they tell us. It’s for our health, for our own good! As if.
Read MoreThis Is What It Feels Like to Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Maybe you’ve heard of Body Dysmorphic Disorder – but this will show you how it really feels, and how society’s body image pressures make it worse.
Read More3 Forms of Body Oppression That Hurt Pregnant People
#1: “Denial of agency over diet, exercise, and personal space.” Are our common ideas about pregnancy hurting people more than they’re helping?
Read MoreThe Perfect Take On How to Get a Bikini Body — For Feminists!
Usually, the words “it’s time to work on your bikini body” would make us cringe – but this is summertime bikini body encouragement as it should be.
Read MoreDo Gay Men Have Unhealthier Body Image?
“It was not uncommon to hear ‘There is no worse fate than to be fat and gay.’” Cristen Conger is examining some of the top theories on body image on gay men. Do any of them relate to your experience?
Read MoreQueer Male Body Image: A Feminist Crash Course
Unless you know queer men or you are one yourself, you probably have no idea just how many queer men struggle with eating disorders, exercise disorders, and/or incredibly negative body image. Fatphobia in gay male spaces is a social phenomenon, and it runs deep. This is a conversation we need to have both as queer activists and as feminists. Here’s why.
Read MoreHow Body Love Can Change Society for the Better
What would happen if we stopped trying to satisfy an arbitrary standard of beauty, and focused on loving what we have? According to Jes Baker, a lot would change.
Read MoreWhy I’m a Body Image Activist
Feminism has many important causes, one of which is fostering healthier body image. But some have argued that this cause is not “important enough” to warrant the attention that body image activists demand. If you’ve ever thought of body image activism as a lesser movement in feminism, check out Melissa A. Fabello’s video on the topic. You may learn something.
Read More5 New Directions for the Body-Positive Movement
Body image activism is my thing. The quickest way to piss me off is to tell me that body image isn’t an important feminist issue. Within the body-positive movement is my community – and my whole heart. But as much as I love it, I also think that it could use some improvements. So here are five new directions that I’d like to see it take.
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