them: BUT IF WE MAKE COLLEGE FREE THEN THE ECONOMY WILL FAIL
businesses: we’re worried that people won’t be able to meet our demand of skill sets which require college educations, theres just not enough people for the jobs we need filled, effects will be catastrophic.
Does anybody else feel like the “Body Positive” movement kinda failed? Like i fell like all it did was attempt to widen the parameters of being considered “fuckable” rather than attack the concept of beauty actually being a necessity
it definitely failed and was inherently flawed in the fact that it relied almost exclusively on defining “alternative beauty” and “inclusive beauty”, instead of attacking the political, economic, and social structures that cause beauty to be an foremost societal value. it was a “movement” fixated only on a symptom and not a cause, as are most 20th century liberal movements. although it did make a slight shift in the way beauty- & aesthetic- based industries market towards audiences (in that they’re willing to pay to at least project a false image of acceptance instead of no image at all), and there are even some fashion designers likely prompted by said shifts using models with like, severe acne or whatever they manage to think of. which is better than the models i saw in the early 2000s. i guess it’s just important to remember that in a culture immersed in and controlled by corporations and their media, progress is always going to consist of small ass steps.
This is a perfect analysis
Here, here. Saying “all women are beautiful” is a poor substitute for saying “all women are valuable”. Widening the parameters of beauty is nice, but doesn’t address why we see beauty as the standard for being human, especially for women. Body positivity ideally says that bodies are worthwhile, not for their aesthetic value, but because they are human beings. They deserve things like good food, health care, and decent places to live. This is way more important than whether or not someone finds you sexually attractive.
“Body positivity ideally says that bodies are worthwhile, not for their aesthetic value, but because they are human beings. They deserve things like good food, health care, and decent places to live. This is way more important than whether or not someone finds you sexually attractive.”
Put this on a fucking t-shirt
All women are valuable. They happen to all be beautiful as well.
@c-rotton-candy and that’s a cute sentiment but it doesn’t address the root of what i’m saying. spouting off that “all women are beautiful” is a great slogan for Dove or Vogue etc but it doesn’t address the fact that body positivity shouldn’t be centered around looks. You’re still referencing “fuckability”. Beauty isn’t necessary for a person’s existence
