Movement – Beautifaire

19 Aug

How sex and dating have not caught up with

Throughout the realms of fashion and sweetness, a shift towards diversity in casting implies that representation of assorted bodies and multiple ethnicities is progressively improving. Throughout the worlds of dating and sex nevertheless, things are more staid; irrespective of how progressive we appear to be getting as a culture in the best way that we view beauty, in relation to individual desire we are sometimes judgemental and discriminatory. A famous blog post from 2014 detailed how on OKCupid, as an example, black women and Asian men are the least liked or least desired on the platform, and on apps like Grindr, not much has modified – minority ethnic people experience a lot fetishisation and racism that the app-makers needed to publicly...

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9 Aug

Move over body positivity, body neutrality is the brand

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‘Body positivity’ is old news in response to the Guardian. What once was meant to encourage women to have a good time their bodies, has been completely co-opted by brands, and now there’s a latest term taking up: ‘body neutrality’. It’s a mindset some, like Taylor Swift, credit Jameela Jamil, actor and founding father of the @i_weigh movement, for where people have a good time radical inclusion and the things that society makes them feel ashamed of – all the things from having pimples to being bisexual. The truth is, the nuanced term was not created by Jamil in response to the outlet. It has been spoken of since around 2015, becoming popular circa 2017 due to fitness coach Anne Poirier...

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24 Mar

Has the body positivity movement been co-opted by bloating

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Has the body positivity movement been co-opted by bloating

Moderately than being relatable and authentic, TikTok’s obsession with bloating ‘before and after’ videos and photos can contribute to types of fatphobia and harmful body standards “Bodies that appear like this, also appear like this.” For those who’re on TikTok, you’ve probably heard that line playing along side a normally thin-bodied influencer contorting her body to point out fat rolls or bloating. As one user noted, that is what’s called “curated imperfection”, because it co-opts the body positivity movement (created by and for larger bodies). While TikTok is filled with pro-eating disorder content like body checking, which involves compulsively examining your body, a recent trend sits on the road. Before and after eating videos...

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17 Dec

How intactivist’s anti-circumcision movement was co-opted by the alt-right

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How intactivist’s anti-circumcision movement was co-opted by the alt-right

The campaigning has develop into a breeding ground for extreme pondering and misinformation, obscuring valid questions around male circumcision When Dr Jennifer Bossio first published her study on penis sensitivity in 2016, she didn't anticipate the barrage of abuse she’d come to receive from anti-circumcision campaigners, also often known as ‘intactivists’. “I believed how could anyone get indignant about this,” Bossio says of the study, which concluded that circumcision doesn't reduce feeling within the penis. “But they lost their minds.” Bossio said that the ‘intactivists’ (a portmanteau of ‘intact’ and ‘activist’) found her phone number and work address and sent her death threats, with messages resembling “I hope you get cancer” and flooded her...

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