How Did "Body Positivity" Go Off the Rails?
We went from compassion to promoting deadly medical advice
How did we get here?
You can be forgiven for thinking that when it comes to the fat acceptance movement, parts of our society have lost their minds. This magazine cover perhaps illustrates it best.
It started with a reasonable premise—don't be cruel to overweight people. No one should be mocked or bullied for their size. That’s basic decency.
But that simple concept morphed into an extreme ideology that claims obesity is healthy. It’s a message that does real harm to the very people it claims to protect. The fat acceptance movement doesn't just demand kindness but insists you can be healthy at any size.
Worse, this fringe thinking has now infected mainstream institutions we used to trust. It's not just magazines celebrating obesity. It's doctors avoiding the word ‘obese’ to not offend patients. It's medical schools teaching about “metabolically healthy obesity.” It's hospitals removing scales from waiting rooms. “Doctor’s Office Survival” workshops for overweight patients.
The results are tragically predictable. The movement's icons are dying young. A New Zealand fat studies professor died at 42. TLC “My 600-Lb. Life” reality star Coliesa McMillian died at 39. Jamie Lopez, the 500-lb star of “Super Sized Salon” died at 37. All from obesity-related conditions.
But their stories get buried under the avalanche of body positivity posts and glamor shots of plus-sized models. Social media influencers rake in sponsorship deals to promote ‘fat acceptance’ while followers absorb the toxic lie that obesity can be healthy.
The body positivity movement exploded in the 2010s, spawned by anti-bullying campaigns and fueled by social media. Influencers with millions of followers promoted the idea that you can be healthy at any size. Companies jumped on the bandwagon by using plus-size models in their ads to show how inclusive they were.
In the rush to be body positive, science got left behind. The very real health risks of obesity were downplayed or outright denied. Anyone who pointed them out was labeled ‘fat phobic.’
If you want to dive deeper, watch my video on how society lost its mind over body positivity.
But the core message bears repeating here: celebrating obesity isn't progressive; it's a toxic message. And it needs to stop before it cons more people into an early grave.
– Ken
Once again, this world of ours goes overboard.
This is just more of the ugliness that always emanates from the postmodern Left.
Another prime example … architectural brutalism, sometimes also referred to as totalitarian architecture. This post WWII, postmodern architectural design was originally designed to quickly and efficiently rebuild much of post-war London and much of Europe after WWII. This tacky and sloppy design was quickly embraced by the postmodern movement.
The stark, cold, boxy, concrete buildings and structures were erected for the sake of convenience and reconstruction, despite the assault on the eyes, and on the other human senses. Typical brutalist designs looked very much like the Nazi machine-gun pillboxes and partially buried bunkers used by the Wehrmacht to stymie the Allied Invasion Forces on the coast of France during D-Day.
See: https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-plague-on-cities-and-the-poor
But nowadays, brutalist architecture has become the feature, i.e, the main event, rather than being just the bug. Rarely seen in new architectural designs are the nostalgic art deco and neoclassical designs that have been inspirational and breathtaking to our normative human senses and sensibilities.
A new form of postmodern brutalism has seemingly moved into the fashion and modeling industry, likewise assaulting our senses and sensibilities in which obese and extreme XX sized models have replaced the healthy, fit and attractive models whom young red-blooded American men have always traditionally flocked to. Brutalist obesity is now littering the covers of the likes of the SI annual swimsuit editions, pop culture, and other high fashion magazines and media.
The conservative radio host, author, and mensch Dennis Prager is quite spot on with his repeated saying that the Left ruins everything that it touches.
See: https://dennisprager.com/column/whatever-the-left-touches-it-ruins
What was once bad is now good. What was once good is now bad. What was beautiful is now ugly. What was ugly is now beautiful. Up is down … right is wrong. Welcome to the Left’s postmodernism.
We all now seem to be living in the world of the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy For The Devil …
Just as every cop is a criminal 🎶
And all the sinners saints 🎶
As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer 🎶
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint 🎶
Election Day is November 5 … hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Godspeed.
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