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I need to see if there are any basic definitions for the term "body positivity".

I would like these "official" definitions to act as a set up for what the idea of body positivity should be recognized as.

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body positivity

noun [ U ]

US/ˈbɑː.di pɑː.zəˌtɪv.ə.t̬i/ UK/ˌbɒd.i pɒz.əˈtɪv.ə.ti/

the fact of feeling good about your body and the way it looks: Body positivity is rooted in loving your body and gaining self-confidence.

A simple definition of the idea of 'body positivity'.

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body positivity  n. acceptance and appreciation of the human body, esp. one's own; (also) the promotion and celebration of a realistic body image.

A basic definition of the entry 'body positivity'.

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I was expecting Urban Dictionary to be the only dictionary with a definition; however, I was pleasantly surprised to find that both Cambridge and Oxford have definitions for the term.

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General articles from reputable sources that will help me build a direction for my essay.

Ideally I'd like to build up the idea of what body positivity is truly about; encouraging people to love their bodies regardless of how they were born or how it's changed over the course of life.

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Cohen, Rachel, Lauren Irwin, et al. “#bodypositivity: A Content Analysis of Body Positive Accounts on Instagram.” Body Image, vol. 29, 2019, pp. 47–57. Crossref

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Cohen, Rachel, Toby Newton-John, et al. “The Case for Body Positivity on Social Media: Perspectives on Current Advances and Future Directions.” Journal of Healt

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This article, also written by Rachel Cohen of the previous journal, discusses the impact of social media and the ideas prevalent there on body image. Specifically, with an emphasis on women's body image. Cohen and the others define body positivity as consisting of six different aspects all under the overarching theme of loving one's natural body. They go on to discuss the fact that the body positivity movement still neglects women of color in its movement. The authors then gathered information from the top three search engines regarding the top body positive Instagram accounts, and then used a number of criteria to reduce certain aspects of the movement into percentages based on those criteria.

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Gelsinger, Ayla S. “A Critical Analysis of the Body Positive Movement on Instagram: How Does It Really Impact Body Image?” Spectra Undergraduate Research Journa

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Similarly to Cohen et al.'s study on Instagram body positive accounts, Gelsinger gathered data about these accounts and used different criteria to determine the overall makeup of the movement. While shorter than Cohen's article, Gelsinger's did look at some slightly different criteria.

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Schreiber's article details the significance and meaning behind the body positive movement. She interviewed three different women who are involved in the movement, beginning with how they specifically define body positivity. She then goes on to ask them what they believe is wrong within the movement, as well as, utilizing their accounts of the movement to help dispel some myths about it.

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Stewart, Sarah-Jane, and Jane Ogden. “The Role of BMI Group on the Impact of Weight Bias Versus Body Positivity Terminology on Behavioral Intentions and Beliefs

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This study looks at the correlations between BMI grouping and body positivity, as well as weight bias. The study itself discovered that weight bias and body positivity is dependent on a person's BMI. Participants in the study were asked their believes on obesity, its causes and its associated illnesses. The participants' responses were then compiled onto several data charts provided in the study.

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Salem Tovar, "The Body Positivity Movement Is Not So Positive Anymore..."

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Salem Tovar, "The Body Positivity Movement Is Not So Positive Anymore..."

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Likes: 95k | Dislikes: 1.2k

Isabella Francine, [  I hate when I say "I don't like my belly" and a lot of people come to me saying "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU SHOULD LOVE YOUR BODY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT" and I'm like "man I just said I don't like some parts of my body, I'm not saying that I hate myself" ]

Andrea Celeste, [ I remember seeing this TikTok of a normal girl who was lean, not muscular, but not unhealthy either. She was just making a TikTok and everyone in the comments was hating on her saying that she wasn’t pretty because she wasn’t curvy. But then it’s those same people praising bigger people with backhanded compliments. It just feels like everyone hates everyone at this point. ]

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The Body Positivity Movement Is Not So Positive Anymore...

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Kiana Docherty, "The Disturbing Descent Into Fat Activism | The Story of FatDoctorUK"

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Kiana Docherty, "The Disturbing Descent Into Fat Activism | The Story of FatDoctorUK"

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Jenny Nobody, [ There is a massive difference between "i am heathy being obese" and "i am valuable despite being obese" ]

Fraciene, [  As someone who is, admittedly, overweight, and currently trying to loose 50lbs, when I was a teen I fell into this rhetoric of "fat-positivity".

Larger people can still be healthy of course and we should always love eachother no matter our body type. But pushing the idea that this isn't self destructive is just damaging. ]

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The Disturbing Descent Into Fat Activism | The Story of FatDoctorUK

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zoeunlimited, "body positivity OR toxicity?"

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zoeunlimited, "body positivity OR toxicity?"

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Likes: 34k | Dislikes: 373

oiiiie, [  It's insane to me how something starts out positive, with a good intent but humans have the nature to distort it into something ugly and negative because of emotions like jealousy, envy, insecurity and just wanting to be superior to others. Something positive (a positive movement for example) should never drag someone/something down to uplift the other, there should be respect, thoughtfulness, kindess and love as the motivator for all of this, I wonder if we'll ever get there but I'd like to see us try. ]

Olivia Fagin, [  Everyone deserves to love and accept their body, and it's because of this love and acceptance that we should then try to improve our health and wellbeing. When you love something you take care of it. ]

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Blaire White, "The Fat Positive Movement Just Officially LOST THEIR MINDS."

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Blaire White, "The Fat Positive Movement Just Officially LOST THEIR MINDS."

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Levi, [ Telling a fat person they shouldn't lose weight because "they are beautiful", is like telling an alcoholic they shouldn't stop drinking because they are funny. ]

H. S., [  Even as a really overweight woman, I'm entirely against the healthy at every size BS.  I KNOW I'm not healthy, i don't need people to coddle and pretend i'm in great shape.  Flipside I don't need everyone telling me to lose weight either, I know my problems.  Let me figure my own self out.  The Fat positivity is seriously detrimental and trying to glorify being fat, when it isn't some ideal to aim for, it comes with obvious health risks, no matter how you sugar coat it. ]

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The Fat Positive Movement Just Officially LOST THEIR MINDS.

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I expanded my own personal definition of what "body positivity" is after seeing how others define it.

I also discovered that a large majority of scholarly articles are very positive regarding the effects of the body positivity movement, whereas sources from less reputable media (i.e, YouTube opinion pieces) often call the movement as it exists today as toxic.

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I'd like to find some articles or other reputable sources that may have a more negative or different view of "body positivity" than my previously discovered sources.

Ideally, articles or sources that highlight how the body positivity movement has been warped from its original or "true" message.

I want these sources to be used to acknowledge the rebuttal that body positivity is not just about the officially recognized definition, but has been used by others to manipulate or excuse bad behaviour.

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Smith, Victoria, "The Effects of Exposure to Thin Ideal versus Body Positive Ad Campaigns" (2020). Scripps Senior Theses. 1480.

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Danthinne, Elisa S., et al. “Real Beauty: Effects of a Body‐positive Video on Body Image and Capacity to Mitigate Exposure to Social Media Images.” British Jour

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McWhorter, Ketrell. “Obesity Acceptance: Body Positivity and Clinical Risk Factors.” Cardiac Diseases: Novel Aspects of Cardiac Risk, Cardiorenal Pathology and 

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This book covers, extensively; what obesity is, what causes obesity, what risk factors come with being obese, et cetera. However the most important section of this book which pertains to my subject is sections four through eight, beginning with the Body Image section. McWhorter discusses what body image is, what weight stigmatization is, then goes on to look at body positivity. Perhaps the most interesting part of McWhorter's chapter is the section regarding the Fat Acceptance and Health At Every Size organizations, which gives brief overviews of the organizations and their relationship with the body positivity movement.

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Finding scholarly sources that talked about the negative effects of the "body positivity" movement was extremely difficult. It's understandable that this movement does more good than bad, but I was expecting some people to have published ideas that had some opposition to the movement.

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Just like with any organization or movement, there are bound to be bad operators and people who misconstrue the true message of the movement.

Despite the messages these bad operators present, the majority of people agree that body positivity is about promoting the idea of loving your natural body. It should not be about shaming thin people or promoting unhealthy lifestyles.