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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by throwaway4aday on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:41PM (#33898296)
Is this actually how it's practiced? I know this is the professed meaning of the term/movement but when it comes to the implementation it seems to be turning into something much different. Also, in this definition of beauty where do you draw the line for "ugly" or is it now a word without a meaning?
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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by MSFT_Edging on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:37PM (#33899891)
I'm in a lot of these circles and usually it's exactly how it works.

You see a fat person, someone says they're beautiful.

Do you A: call them ugly to make them feel bad

or

B: keep moving.

The basis of body positivity is to help folks have less self hate while being like "wtf dude, don't be a dick" to the people constantly criticizing them.

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by throwaway4aday on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:33PM (#33911343)
I don't think body positivity is needed for that, just manners. Is there actually a problem that is being solved by body positivity that can't be solved by just being polite?
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