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Body Positivity

Honestly? I hate a lot of body positivity campaigns. Because a lot of them don't promote body positivity, not to everyone. Body types have become a fashion trend, which is ridiculous. We can't change our body types. Our weight can increase and decrease, but why has it become popular to drastically change you weight in relation to trends? In the 90/00's, being stick thin was the "it" thing. Bones poking out from under the skin with little flesh was beautiful. That's not healthy, that's underweight, sick. Of course, some people are naturally underweight, which is fine. But a lot of people that we looked up to as a society starved themselves to reach our idea of beautiful. It encouraged us to do the same. Now, people seem to be angry at thin people. I'm rather thin. I've been told to eat more, that I'm anorexic, that I'm not a real woman. Now, a trend of being overweight (not curvy, overweight) is popular. Yes, again, some people are over