The body positivity movement is just the latest iteration of social movements to encourage acceptance of overweight and obese people in American society. While some of their points are valid, the body positivity movement has decided to adopt unscientific positions for the sake of inclusivity.
However, they’ve now led their adherents down a road that puts them much more at risk from having a serious case of COVID-19, much less an almost certain early death.
The modern body-positivity movement is an outgrowth of the fat acceptance movement which began in the 1960s and sought to reverse stigmas surrounding obesity, according to Fusion. It claims to promote mental and emotional wellness through celebrating individuals regardless of their outward appearance, particularly when it comes to physical weight and size, but also with an emphasis on race and gender.
Those who embrace body positivity believe that beauty is completely socially constructed, and functions as a sorting mechanism in societal hierarchies that can be unrelated to beauty and health. Thus, by an outpouring of encouragement for these individuals to accept and love themselves — regardless of their health or physical appearance — body positivists believe they can tear down these supposed...
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I lost just over 100 pounds the year before this Covid crap hit. Ain't going back on; the price is too high.
ReplyDeleteAs a life long fat woman, I know all about the problems on every level faced by women in my predicament. However, I was NEVER satisfied with my body; the fat was healthy GMO free food but just too much went down my gullet. But NEVER did I think it was healthy or something to brag about!
Common sense is so dangerous to these crazy concepts pushed by the likes of Tess and other women of size.
The marxist diet plan is brutally effective.
ReplyDeleteAt 62 I'm overweight and have been dieting and trotting my fat butt around the neighborhood every day and checking blood pressure twice a day. Weight and B/P are coming down. The other day I said what the heck, I've been good and went and got a fast food bacon burger and fries. Could not get my B/P under control that night. It went skyrocketing instantly after being in control for a month. That stuff is pure poison and I'm starting to believe it's out there on purpose. Genocide right before your very eyes. People talk about healthy eating but look at the garbage fast food they are pushing really hard in commercials.
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