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Still desire weight loss? You’re fatphobic! Body positivity flaws part 3.
Is it ok to be body positive and want to lose weight? Some in the movement say no…
Hi! Thanks for returning for the final post in my series on my concerns about the body positivity movement. If you haven’t read part 1 or part 2 yet I’d encourage you to go back and do that first. My intention is for each post to stand on it’s own but they are supposed to tell a story too. You wouldn’t skip to the last chapter in a book after all. Actually some people do do this. Seriously that is so wrong! Sorry, I digress. Let’s get back to what you came for…part 3 — weight loss in the movement.
The final nail in the coffin for me is the small but militant section of body positivity believers who are rabidly anti-diet , anti fatphobia and totally against intentional weight loss.
Isn’t that a good thing?
As with everything in life yes but not when you take it to extremes. One of the things I love about body positivity is that you are encouraged to love your body just as it is and give up on dieting forever. I wholeheartedly agree with this and I can’t tell you my relief when I find made my peace with my body and stopped trying to starve it into submission. A small group however think you are…
