Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
Minding your business is good for your health: Response to fatphobic YT video
I came across a video the other day. A friend of mine called out the video on Facebook for being fatphobic. She wasn't wrong.
The title, which had some very clickbaity feels, was "The 'Body Positivity Movement' was hijacked by celebrating obesity".
I like to know what I am dissecting so I watched it.
It's a makeup tutorial/commentary video from Nappyheadedjojoba.
About 30 minutes of this straight sized black woman explaining what the body positivity movement should be.
She says it should celebrate cellulite and stretch marks and birthmarks.
When you type in body positivity into Instagram that is literally what you see, Sis.
This post right here from @chisajas is an example of that.
A masterpiece in a swimsuit with stretch marks and all. It's about knowing your worth no matter the scale and showing that confidence.
It's about new moms whose skin is stretched and will never be the same. It's about them finding love in the body that performed one of the most miraculous acts in the world.
It's about wearing fewer clothes because it's hot and you deserve to dress how you want.
#fattiewearincrops
#fattiewear2pieces #weswimtoo
Danielle Brooks, Ashley Graham, Tess Holiday, and Chisa are just a few.
There are hundreds of fat beings who are pushing for this kind of self-love.
Never do I see an actual weight tagged on to these posts because it's not about numbers.
Why didn't she research before making this video? If she had, she would have seen that a majority of the influencers never bring in weight or an actual numerical value.
We all know the scales they use to judge us are extremely outdated.
She herself even said she is considered obese.
The weight chart on American Cancer Society says a woman who is 19 years old should weigh 114 pounds.
My 16-year-old little sister who is not overweight, who runs track and does drill weighs 20 pounds more.
The youtuber goes into how the mass of muscle and fat are different.
Which may be why my sister weighs more. However, it still doesn't change the fact that we use outdated methods to determine someone's health.
Now, this video started with her saying a radio DJ called for women who weigh over 200 lbs to call in for Thick Thursday. She explains that she reached 197 before so she understands issues with weight. And not invalidate those who are under 200, but she was still considered acceptable. At least in the radio DJ's eyes which bases the start of the video on so, we might as well go with it.
Nappyheadedjojoba goes on to say "Love yourself at any size".
All I could think of at this moment is "as long as you approve of it right"?
Because my worth is definitely determined by a scale and someone who doesn't even know me.
You also have no idea what people are doing to live and improve their lives.
Nappyjojoba has days where she wants to just throw her whole body away---alright.
Try being more than 300 pounds and walking into a gym and feeling out of place? The snickers? The looks? Yeah, those days I want to do the same. But how can you make a video that will inherently make some women feel like shit and then say "oh, me too"?
Positive choices and changes are not easy, but this movement calls to love yourself even when you fail to make that positive choice. Because you're human. You have your life to live and you deserve to live it how you wish. Not listening to pseudo "well-wishers" who say you're unhealthy but don't have a medical degree in sight.
If people are comfortable, let them be comfortable.
I feel good in my fat.
I feel good about myself no matter what she or any other do-gooders say.
The body positive movement celebrates self-love without judgment.
Maybe if she actually followed it she would know that.
#fatandIknowit #effyourbeautystandards
The title, which had some very clickbaity feels, was "The 'Body Positivity Movement' was hijacked by celebrating obesity".
I like to know what I am dissecting so I watched it.
It's a makeup tutorial/commentary video from Nappyheadedjojoba.
About 30 minutes of this straight sized black woman explaining what the body positivity movement should be.
She says it should celebrate cellulite and stretch marks and birthmarks.
When you type in body positivity into Instagram that is literally what you see, Sis.
This post right here from @chisajas is an example of that.
A masterpiece in a swimsuit with stretch marks and all. It's about knowing your worth no matter the scale and showing that confidence.
It's about new moms whose skin is stretched and will never be the same. It's about them finding love in the body that performed one of the most miraculous acts in the world.
It's about wearing fewer clothes because it's hot and you deserve to dress how you want.
#fattiewearincrops
#fattiewear2pieces #weswimtoo
I ask, has she actually followed body positivity social media? Like, at all?
Danielle Brooks, Ashley Graham, Tess Holiday, and Chisa are just a few.
There are hundreds of fat beings who are pushing for this kind of self-love.
Never do I see an actual weight tagged on to these posts because it's not about numbers.
Why didn't she research before making this video? If she had, she would have seen that a majority of the influencers never bring in weight or an actual numerical value.
We all know the scales they use to judge us are extremely outdated.
She herself even said she is considered obese.
The weight chart on American Cancer Society says a woman who is 19 years old should weigh 114 pounds.
My 16-year-old little sister who is not overweight, who runs track and does drill weighs 20 pounds more.
The youtuber goes into how the mass of muscle and fat are different.
Which may be why my sister weighs more. However, it still doesn't change the fact that we use outdated methods to determine someone's health.
Now, this video started with her saying a radio DJ called for women who weigh over 200 lbs to call in for Thick Thursday. She explains that she reached 197 before so she understands issues with weight. And not invalidate those who are under 200, but she was still considered acceptable. At least in the radio DJ's eyes which bases the start of the video on so, we might as well go with it.
Nappyheadedjojoba goes on to say "Love yourself at any size".
All I could think of at this moment is "as long as you approve of it right"?
Because my worth is definitely determined by a scale and someone who doesn't even know me.
You also have no idea what people are doing to live and improve their lives.
Nappyjojoba has days where she wants to just throw her whole body away---alright.
Try being more than 300 pounds and walking into a gym and feeling out of place? The snickers? The looks? Yeah, those days I want to do the same. But how can you make a video that will inherently make some women feel like shit and then say "oh, me too"?
Positive choices and changes are not easy, but this movement calls to love yourself even when you fail to make that positive choice. Because you're human. You have your life to live and you deserve to live it how you wish. Not listening to pseudo "well-wishers" who say you're unhealthy but don't have a medical degree in sight.
If people are comfortable, let them be comfortable.
I feel good in my skin.
I feel good in my fat.
I feel good about myself no matter what she or any other do-gooders say.
The body positive movement celebrates self-love without judgment.
Maybe if she actually followed it she would know that.
#fatandIknowit #effyourbeautystandards
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