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What Is Body Neutrality—And How Can We Practice It (If We So Choose)?
By Danielle Cheesman — 2022
The body positivity movement has received backlash in recent years for neglecting the very bodies that influenced it—as well as the ones that belong to people of color, the disabled, and transgender and nonbinary people.
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