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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s wrong with Brit’s body?

I wish she wouldn’t post naked pics because I just find that so trashy, but I don’t think her body is embarrassing in any way.[/quote]

Her waist literally curves out instead of in, for starters. [/quote]

Wow. The embarrassment of an outer-curving waist!

I urge you to imagine what it would be like to not think so toxically about body shape. Imagine if you could see curved, or even "flabby", bellies (as well as "fit, flat,  etc.) and find them all truly beautiful- wouldn't that be such a relief? [/quote]

She obviously isn’t embarrassed about it and likes showing off her body. That’s great. 
I’m really tired of the expectation that we find everybody and everything beautiful. I don’t think she has a particularly nice physique, that’s all. My opinion is irrelevant to her, and shouldn’t matter to you. It hardly even matters to me. 
What matters is her happiness and health.

[b]Do you jump in and loudly defend every fat woman who gets mooed at on the street[/b], or [b]do you just get angry at random people who don’t think a famous woman has a perfect body[/b]? [/quote]

I don't have any "expectation" that you (or anyone else) find everybody and everything beautiful. But if you cannot ever see beauty in a waist that curves out, then it might be worth looking more closely at why that is the case. Our society is so fat phobic and so resistant to the idea that an aging body or face could possibly be beautiful. Being able to think differently, even just a little bit, can be really beneficial.

Regarding the bolded: I wouldn't presume that fat women need me to defend them, so no, I wouldn't "jump in". But I would probably feel shaken and sad for a person who was mooed at. And I don't act as a thought policer, so do not get angry at random people who have judgments about whose body is or isn't perfect. But when they express those thoughts on a public chat board, then I might offer my perspective in response.[/quote]

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