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Is The Body Positivity Movement Encouraging Women To Cheer On Their Unhealthy Friends For All The Wrong Reasons?

Every women's magazine promotes body positivity today and some even have an entire section dedicated to it. While there's nothing wrong with encouraging women to feel comfortable in their own skin and learn how to love themselves, the modern body positivity movement has taken things much further: it's teaching women to celebrate and glamorize obesity. Sometimes you can't help but think that women are cheering on obesity for all the wrong reasons.

By Gina Florio4 min read
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There's a well-known scene in Mean Girls when Regina George (played by Rachel McAdams) pauses her conversation with protagonist Cady Heron (played by Lindsay Lohan) to compliment a girl who walks by in the hallway of their school. Well, at least it seems like it's a compliment.