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[–]meranii 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good points but I do not agree with #4 being on the list. I'm skinny myself but it's mostly men and corporations that have systematically tried to shame women for fatness, and obesity (while it sucks for your health) and body positivity does not oppress anyone against their will, it doesn't have silenced victims like misogyny, sex work or trans mania. You can argue that parents overfeeding their children is abusive, but the article just complains that capitalism wants to sell stuff to obese women. In that sense any ad campaign is a lie and it should've been widened in scope (i.e. include makup-up, hair removal, dye to cover grey hair, etc., everything that tells us "natural" is not good/feminine/clean enough).