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What Supporting Body Liberation Means — Parts May Be Shocking
You might think that you’re supporter of body liberation but let’s talk about what it really means.
In the last six months or so, I’ve moved away from body positivity hashtags and towards body liberation. I decided on this for two reasons. The first is my reservations about the way the body positivity space was going. The second is because I feel body liberation more closely aligns with my personal beliefs.
My Beliefs
I believe passionately in equality for all. Unfortunately, body positivity became a domain for primarily white women, and generally, their bodies were standard-size or close to it. We need a space where all sizes, shapes, colours and differently-abled bodies can be celebrated. ESPECIALLY non-white folx, superfat, infinitifat, non-binary, and folx who don’t have hourglass body shapes.
I believe we need a space to get away from the toxic beauty ideals pushed relentlessly by society as a whole, but beauty, fashion and the medical industries, I’m looking hard at you!
I also believe that a person’s body is their own, and they are free to do with it what they choose. You may think that’s obvious but wait! I’m going to drill down into what that actually means.
