Body Positivity Argumentative Essay - 1201 Words

â€Å"The Negatives of Body Positivity† â€Å"Love your curves!† â€Å"You go, girl!† â€Å"Don’t let the haters get to you, sweetie.† These are just some of the comments I stumble upon on someone’s body positive Instagram post. The post is often a photo of the said person - be it a selfie or a full body photo - along with hashtags such as â€Å"#bodypositivity,† â€Å"#loveyourself,† â€Å"#bodyacceptance,† and other hashtags along those lines. It also isn’t uncommon for me to come across body positive articles by media outlets like Buzzfeed or Huffington Post on my timeline, with headlines such as â€Å"X Star is a Huge Inspiration for the Body Positive Movement† or â€Å"X Star Opens Up about Body Positivity† appearing more frequently on my news feed. People are starting to talk†¦show more content†¦Part of the Body Positivity culture also includes the comments that accompany these Body Positivity posts - about how one should keep doing what he/she is doing, and how that said person shouldn’t listen to body shamers. The movement has become mainstre am, but is the movement really as good as it sounds? The movement doesn’t sound bad at all. However, underneath that thin veneer of inspirational messages lies the true nature of the movement and the problems that arise with it. First, the Body Positivity Movement has the tendency to be exclusive. When scrolling down the body positivity tag on websites, majority of the posts you see feature plus sized women. It’s rare that one will come across a body positivity tag with a photo of a skinny or muscular or average sized body, and it’s even rarer to see the tag accompanied with a photo of a man. If body positivity is supposedly for everyone, why is it that we don’t see enough of average sized or skinny women, and men? Why is it that the photos that accompany media articles about body positivity are mostly photos of overweight or obese women? There shouldn’t be any exclusivity within the movement, because where there is exclusivity, there is a tendency to bash those who aren’t included - which then leads to my second point. Next, there is the matter of â€Å"skinny shaming,† which, according to urbandictionary,Show MoreRelatedThe Pop Star Of Hip Hop Sensation1150 Words   |  5 PagesMinaj and Lady Gaga’s characteristic that they both are feminist pop star. They look at things from the perspective of progressive women and express in their own ways. Their colours aren’t one off its commonly seen in their oeuvres. In particular this essay will look at the relationship between their music videos, interviews and lyrics and feminism. Feminism is a political and social movement. Feminism is about changing the way and has always fought to make sure that people see male and female rightsRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesMachiavellianism Scale—MACH IV 536 SKILL LEARNING 538 Leading Positive Change 538 Ubiquitous and Escalating Change 539 The Need for Frameworks 539 Tendencies Toward Stability 540 A Framework for Leading Positive Change 542 Establishing a Climate of Positivity 544 Creating Readiness for Change 550 Articulating a Vision of Abundance 553 Generating Commitment to the Vision 557 Institutionalizing the Positive Change 562 SKILL ANALYSIS 568 Cases Involving Leading Positive Change 568 Corporate Vision StatementsRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pageson Social Networking †¢ New section on Persuasive Communication strategies †¢ Discussion of how to fra me messages for maximum impact †¢ Discussion of the effects of authority, expertise, and liking on communication effectiveness †¢ Updated discussion of body language in communication †¢ Introduces new ideas about the effects of electronic communications †¢ New Point–Counterpoint (Social Networking Is Good Business) †¢ New An Ethical Choice (The Ethics of Gossip at Work) †¢ New Case Incident (Using Social Media