As conversation about thinness has reached its loudest volume in years, thanks to the rise of injectable drugs being used for weight loss, some body positivity advocates fear its moment has ended
Nearly a decade into going mainstream, a grass-roots movement’s message has gotten lost in a marketing frenzy and a rush for drugs to lose weightWhen Stephanie Yeboah discovered body positivity on Tumblr in 2008, she was a college
student struggling with a history of eating disorders and self-harm. “I’d never seen anything like this before,” she said of the blog posts. “Women who looked like me—who were also celebrating themselves.”Continue reading your article with
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