I've seen quite a few people express their negative feelings towards the body acceptance movement and overweight people. And honestly this makes me sad.
Body acceptance doesn't just apply to weight. It applies to accepting every part of you. From your toes to your nose, eyes, and ears. Body acceptance is a way to improve our world's overall health, encouraging people to be happy with who they are and what they have. Why would someone be so against that? As if self loathing is so much better. Since I've seen the body acceptance movement come into action I've seen some beautiful things put into motion: more happy people, more people concerned with their health, and some of the most beautiful confident people I have ever seen in my life. Yet people still hate on it. Their reason? "It accepts and fuels obesity." No, it accepts people being the way they are. It tells people that hey, its okay to not be perfect, its okay to love yourself while you work on yourself, and it's okay to be happy with who you are.
To me, the things that encourage obesity are hate, an unhealthy mental state, and the fact that unhealthy food is cheap while healthy food is outrageously expensive. But a positive body image is not one of those things. I find that most people working on a positive body image are not only working on themselves on the inside but also on the outside, as well as spreading this positivity to others. I think that's the hardest and most beautiful thing to do in this life. So if you are really against a happier and more positive world, I really don't know what to tell you.
I just want to say one last thing. Before you judge someone who you think is disgusting, ugly, or overweight, why not have a conversation with them? Sometimes things aren't always as they seem and by looking at someone and calling them ugly or obese you are just fueling more hate and negativity. So why do it? What's the point?
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