Do you support Thin body positivity?

[Corysilk]

At first I thought it was a joke but after seeing this youtuber pop up I see why it could be necessary.  I'm glad she's not falling for the  pressure to gain weight or get a boob job.

 

Edited November 24, 2019 by Corysilk

[rockerchic88]

All body positivity is good. 

[Trashie]

whatever anyone like for themselves 

[Nofave]

36 minutes ago, haikyuuboo said:

All body positivity is good. 

 

[Ludark]

34 minutes ago, haikyuuboo said:

All body positivity is good. 

I disagree. If you are fat to the point of being morbidly obese that's not something that deserves positivity, same goes for those who are unnaturally skinny if it's the result of extreme(and more importantly unhealthy) dieting, if you are naturally skinny that's fine though.
Don't get me wrong I am not advocating for everyone to look like a top model, if you are on the chubby side or even slightly overweight that's fine but we should not be promoting bodies that are the result of seriously neglecting ones health.

[blossoms]

everyone deserves to love themselves

[Ludark]

37 minutes ago, haikyuuboo said:

 

Where did I say those people deserve to be mocked, poorly treated, or even worse die? I think that everyone deserves to be loved. I just don't think that morbidly obese or anorexic people should be loved for their bodies, instead I want them to get support in reaching a healthier weight, which doesn't necessarily have to be perfect either, just to the point where their own bodies aren't a serious health hazard.

 

[rockerchic88]

2 minutes ago, Ludark said:

Where did I say those people deserve to be mocked, poorly treated, or even worse die? I think that everyone deserves to be loved. I just don't think that morbidly obese or anorexic people should be loved for their bodies, instead I want them to get support in reaching a healthier weight, which doesn't necessarily have to be perfect either, just to the point where their own bodies aren't a serious health hazard.

 

Like I said those were the implication of your words. 
 

When you say don’t include certain people you saying their body doesn’t matter. Don’t be that person . 

Those people are insecure about their bodies. People take their lives because of that. Body positivity is about being ok with your body. And everyone deserves to be ok with their body even anorexic people. Even obese people. 

[Reipaca]

I support body positivity as long as it's healthy, so no extremes from either being way too skinny or dangerously obese.
This doesn't in any way mean that people should bully anyone who's unhealthy in their weights till they hate themselves, there's a right way to deal with it.

[raspberry84]

14 minutes ago, haikyuuboo said:

Like I said those were the implication of your words. 
 

When you say don’t include certain people you saying their body doesn’t matter. Don’t be that person . 

Those people are insecure about their bodies. People take their lives because of that. Body positivity is about being ok with your body. And everyone deserves to be ok with their body even anorexic people. Even obese people. 

I think there needs to a clarification here.

No one should be mocked, treated differently or looked down upon for their body. However, when someone is morbidly obese or suffers from anorexia, it's not wrong talk to them about that and encourage them to get help.

Also people who are anorexic, for the most part, aren't okay with their body. The majority suffer from body dysmorphia which impacts how they see themselves and a huge part of therapy is getting them to accept and be comfortable with their body at a healthy weight because it makes them healthy. Commenting on their body and weight, negative or positive, can actually have a really negative impact on them. 

[Jollux]

The body-positive message can be a good thing as long as your weight is at a healthy level. Otherwise you just have a lot of nice and empty words.

[deobizone]

1 hour ago, Ludark said:

I disagree. If you are fat to the point of being morbidly obese that's not something that deserves positivity, same goes for those who are unnaturally skinny if it's the result of extreme(and more importantly unhealthy) dieting, if you are naturally skinny that's fine though.
Don't get me wrong I am not advocating for everyone to look like a top model, if you are on the chubby side or even slightly overweight that's fine but we should not be promoting bodies that are the result of seriously neglecting ones health.

I think the 'fat acceptance' movement is a whole diff beast than body positivity. i think its right to say all body positivity is good. ofc , there are some things like u shouldnt be unhealthy in either being skinny or fat but also i dont think being body positive implies every single body type = good. its more like, people being able to be comfortable in their body. 

Spoiler

 

i think with work(varying degrees depending on person too), you can achieve bettering ur body, in either getting fat or skinny(or well normal/avg weight ofc), but for a lot of ppl, everyones body just works differently. for example. my little brother has been skinny his whole life tho he doesnt really excercise besides working and walking to work. even before he had a job he was this way. i remember when he was pre-teen give or take/+ younger ofc. he was superr skinny like you could see kinda see his bones if he was shirtless. but he wasnt starving, his diet hasnt even changed since then tho ig he just eats more "real" food instead of processed shit we grew up on, bc he's a culinary student and likes to cook things from scratch. and then theres me, who grow up in same household but i was really overweight as a kid. -> when i was a teenager i starved myself to get skinny and now i gain weight really easily  tho id say im more on higher end of avg weight, but i wanna fix that.

this isnt even touching the fact that also, some people who are more on the overweight side, cant lose weight because of a health concern. i dont know the exacts of this, but i had a friend who was slightly overweight, not obese or near that, and she just had to settle with that due to her health.

 

basically what i mean is, yeah being too fat is unhealthy, being too skinny is unhealthy. but everyones body is diff. and theres different conditions that diff people have so idt theres some umbrella statement to give on that. unless you want everyone to be perfect avg weight. unfortunately, some peoples bodys prohibit them from that unless they want to work their ass off. and its just, some people dont have that time or that willpower to do that. but they should still be able to have body positivity. i just think everyone deserves that, because being body positive doesnt halt you in your figure if you're unhealthily big or small. but being able to love urself goes a long way in gaining the willpower to better urself. because the opposite is just self hatred, which i think for most people would worsen the issue, rather than motivate. promoting body positivity is not same as promoting unhealthy bodies. its like promoting love and positivity for yourself

Edited November 24, 2019 by hyunjae luvr

[Grape Soda]

Yes, being a skinny person myself, as long as its healthy of course. Im the only thin person at work and theres always jokes like certain boxes weigh just as much as me, *boss gets skeleton decorations for her office* oh hey look, just as big as you are.

With fashion brands and magazines are showing more support for those with average and plus size figures this attack on skinny people has begun because we apparently had our time and we are an outdated beauty standard.

[Sofs]

After so many years and being chubby, suffering mental illness thanks to it, physical restrictions and done tons of things to lose weight not just for me but also because of the society pressure and hate, I still don’t understand why try to love ourselves to make us feel better, is something wrong. No one ignores our issues, no one wants to be chubby. People want to be loved and be happy even if it’s something only fictional because once you look at the motto, most chubby people hates what they see and struggle.

i really can’t accept and support this idea of “glamorize” overweight when most people don’t do it, they are just trying to be happy because there’s many people out there that eating healthy and do sports doesn’t help them to lose weight.

stop saying people needs to tell us how do something, stop saying we are glamorizing. Let us try to love ourselves for at least 2 seconds.  
 

we know it’s unhealthy, we know some people are disgusted, we know people judge us, we know we aren’t up to the standards. Y’all don’t need to address it over and over again like we love to be like this and we don’t know what is wrong here. 

[YuMing]

41 minutes ago, Rei-chama said:

I support body positivity as long as it's healthy, so no extremes from either being way too skinny or dangerously obese.
This doesn't in any way mean that people should bully anyone who's unhealthy in their weights till they hate themselves, there's a right way to deal with it.

 

[raspberry84]

4 minutes ago, Sofs said:

After so many years and being chubby, suffering mental illness thanks to it, physical restrictions and done tons of things to lose weight not just for me but also because of the society pressure and hate, I still don’t understand why try to love ourselves to make us feel better, is something wrong. No one ignores our issues, no one wants to be chubby. People want to be loved and be happy even if it’s something only fictional because once you look at the motto, most chubby people hates what they see and struggle.

i really can’t accept and support this idea of “glamorize” overweight when most people don’t do it, they are just trying to be happy because there’s many people out there that eating healthy and do sports doesn’t help them to lose weight.

stop saying people needs to tell us how do something, stop saying we are glamorizing. Let us try to love ourselves for at least 2 seconds.  
 

we know it’s unhealthy, we know some people are disgusted, we know people judge us, we know we aren’t up to the standards. Y’all don’t need to address it over and over again like we love to be like this and we don’t know what is wrong here. 

But there are people out there who are promoting the idea it is healthy and that you shouldn't change or lose weight if you want to.

Look at Tess Holliday, for example. She said she felt a lot of guilt about becoming more active and eating healthier because it meant she was losing weight and what that would look like to others. Even though her motives for doing so was her own mental health and what she needed to do to survive postpartum depression.

[Yoonability]

52 minutes ago, raspberry84 said:

I think there needs to a clarification here.

No one should be mocked, treated differently or looked down upon for their body. However, when someone is morbidly obese or suffers from anorexia, it's not wrong talk to them about that and encourage them to get help.

Also people who are anorexic, for the most part, aren't okay with their body. The majority suffer from body dysmorphia which impacts how they see themselves and a huge part of therapy is getting them to accept and be comfortable with their body at a healthy weight because it makes them healthy. Commenting on their body and weight, negative or positive, can actually have a really negative impact on them. 

You hit the nail right on the head. This is what body positivity is (/should) be about. And there's nothing wrong with that.

[ethereal]

idk, i feel like the body positivity movement itself is a bit of a mess. of course everyone should have an opportunity to love themselves and experience being comfortable on their own skin without constant judging and assumptions and bullying being thrown their way. but the fact of the matter is, people should be conscious of their health and how what they do on social media influences others to think about health.  the whole "healthy at every size" thing is just simply a myth, and while you truly can't judge someone's health just by looking at them, i think people ignoring their health completely for the "body positive" agenda is dicey af. its just such a nuanced concept that i don't think a lot of people have truly thought about from all sides. 

Edited November 24, 2019 by ethereal

[felidae]

I support healthy and happy body positivity 

[soman]

1 hour ago, ethereal said:

idk, i feel like the body positivity movement itself is a bit of a mess. of course everyone should have an opportunity to love themselves and experience being comfortable on their own skin without constant judging and assumptions and bullying being thrown their way. but the fact of the matter is, people should be conscious of their health and how what they do on social media influences others to think about health.  the whole "healthy at every size" thing is just simply a myth, and while you truly can't judge someone's health just by looking at them, i think people ignoring their health completely for the "body positive" agenda is dicey af. its just such a nuanced concept that i don't think a lot of people have truly thought about from all sides. 

I think body positivity doesnt automatically mean health at every size (altho there are people who support both), for an obese person who is trying to lose weight, or a recovering anorexic, after they realize they need to change, they dont need people telling them every hour that they look unhealthy, but they need friends and family who tell them they will be loved regardless of how they look, maybe this is where body positivity can be useful?

Edited November 24, 2019 by soman

[ethereal]

3 minutes ago, soman said:

I think body positivity doesnt automatically mean health every size (altho there are people who support both), for an obese person who is trying to lose weight, or a recovering anorexic, after they realize they need to change, they dont need people telling them every hour that they look unhealthy, but they need friends and family who tell them they will be loved regardless of how they look, maybe this is where body positivity can be useful?

but thats the thing. theres a difference between the overall movement and the actual concept. i think as a concept, body positivity can be helpful for people who are suffering from societal pressures and stigmas. but the actual movement of people online pushing their agendas about what body positivity should mean and dictating who belongs in the movement ect ect is where things get weird for me.  

[soman]

Just now, ethereal said:

but thats the thing. theres a difference between the overall movement and the actual concept. i think as a concept, body positivity can be helpful for people who are suffering from societal pressures and stigmas. but the actual movement of people online pushing their agendas about what body positivity should mean and dictating who belongs in the movement ect ect is where things get weird for me.  

Yeah i agree, sadly, this can be said about many movements tbh, they start out good and later are taken advantage by people pushing a different agenda

[R.I.P OCTOBER 28]

I do not agree the every "body" should be accepted. 

Especially if it is detrimental to the health of one person or persons.

I do not support a body that's too thin (unless it was genetic and not intentional).

I do not support obesity. 

[capital]

I would love 'body indifference' - don't comment on other people's looks and just let them be.