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Welcome to Body Week

We’re exploring what it means to be queer and have a body, with essays about the ways our bodies are legislated and discriminated against, the strategies we’ve used to find belonging in them, and how we’re breaking down the stereotypes, preconceptions, and fetishization that many of us endure.

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Model Iskra Lawrence on Why You Should “Call Out the Haters”

To celebrate Straight/Curve, a new documentary about female body image, the New York model opens up what it will take to accept—and love—your own body.

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What Is Body Neutrality—And How Can We Practice It (If We So Choose)?

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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I’m a Strong, Fit Yoga Teacher—And I Still Get Insecure About My Belly

How we can all recognize our bodies for the awesomeness they are.

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10 Body Positive Instagrammers with Disabilities You Should Follow Immediately

Although body positivity urges acceptance of all kinds of bodies, the movement still has room for improvement. Notably, people with disabilities, who through inaccessibility and lack of representation are often made to feel “other” by non-disabled folks.

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I’m Obese. I Want a Healthy Lifestyle. But It’s Often Inaccessible to Disabled People Like Me.

Diet and exercise are especially challenging for disabled people.

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I Won’t Be Renewing My ‘Vogue’ Subscription—I’m Not Inspired by Images That Don’t Represent the Beauty of Diversity

My aim is to educate young people so they are aware of body image and mental health. When there is such a strict ideal of beauty that only a small majority of us can relate to, it makes us feel inadequate.

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Weight Stigma Kept Me Out Of Doctors’ Offices for Almost a Decade

I didn’t see a doctor for eight years. I had good insurance and plenty of doctors nearby. I had all the access I needed. But there was just one problem: I was fat, and I couldn’t seem to find a doctor who would take my symptoms seriously.

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How to Shift from ‘Body Positivity’ to ‘Body Neutrality’ — and Why You Should

Accepting your body and loving it aren't mutually exclusive ideas, but body neutrality offers a firm middle ground between body hate and body love.

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The Skin You’re In: Coping with Body Changes After Cancer

Knowing that all people who undergo treatment for cancer will face some sort of changes to their bodies and self-perception is both normalizing and challenging.

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