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BODY POSITIVITY

Body positivity was a fat acceptance campaign that was aimed to
end the fat-shaming practices and bigot ry against peop le on the
basis of their weight, size, shape, and appearance. It had started in

the late 1960s. This movement reemerged in 2012, foc using on the
impractical beauty standards of society.

The industries have made billion s while making us feel insecure.
“Drink this tea, you’ll look 10 times you nger”, “Eat this and you ’ll have
a glowing face”. Even if you were thin, tall, and blon d, you wou ld

never be satisfied because there are so many standards and we
always happen to overlook on e.

Body positivism is essential because it has a straightfor ward impact
on mental health. Due to bod y discon tent, peop le suffer from

depression, lower self-esteem, and eating disor ders. The first step to
embracing yourself would be recog nizing the influences that lead
to poor body image. Then take the next step to adjust the beauty
and body expectations, and feel enjoy able - be mor e accepting and

more kind towards yourself. A bit of extra weight or being shor t
doesn’t mean that you are not good enou gh.

“I definitely have body issues, but eve rybod y doe s. When you com e
to the realization that everybod y does — eve n the peop le that you

consider to be flawless—then you can start to live with the way you
are.” With one of the most thrivi ng careers in music, Taylor Swift is a
great reminder that everyon e has vu lnerabilities and the on ly way to

get immune to those feelings and thou ghts is to get past it.

By Amira Kalam

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