Share Read more to understand why diet culture s rejection of larger bodies is inherently racist. By Chrissy King February 09, 2021
It s been more than five years since I became a fitness and strength coach. Since then, I ve become very well-acquainted with body liberation and the general body positivity space. But to this day, I can t help but notice that this space continues to be overwhelmingly white.
Body positivity was originally created as an antithesis to diet culture and to help marginalized people (read: fat, queer, trans, bodies of color, and more) feel worthy of self-love because, for too long, society told them they weren t. These days, however, body positivity hashtags on social media are often flooded with photos of non-marginalized bodies (read: cis, thin, white women), and the movement has been co-opted by people who were never intended to be the center of th
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Before we begin, I feel compelled to make an announcement. This is not The Babylon Bee. I repeat; this is not a piece from America’s premier satire site. Okay; let’s proceed.
On the crazy-train ride we call 2020, nothing should surprise us, anymore. Sadly, this story doesn’t surprise me, at all; neither should it surprise you.
Grammy award-winning singer Lizzo, who is morbidly obese I do
not say that as ridicule or condemnation; it is a simple fact is being castigated by the ever-woke PC police for
trying to lose weight, as reported by The Blaze.