‘Lisa Frank Body Positivity’ Just Isn’t Enough

Jes Baker
Jes Baker
Jul 21, 2017 · 8 min read
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A movement that’s glittery, colorful, and endlessly positive is also shallow, uncritical, and exclusive.

II ’ve been searching a term that encapsulates the trend of body positive content I’ve been watching spread like pink and purple wildfire a for a couple of years now and, well damn. It took a while.

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Jes Baker

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Blogger, speaker, author, cat lover, ALL CAPS user and unabashed fat chick. I make mean people really angry.

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