Corporations have commodified body positivity (e.g., "plus-size" activewear lines) while still promoting weight-loss products—a contradiction that undermines the movement’s original anti-oppression goals.
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Historically, wellness was built on a foundation of inadequacy. The diet industry taught us that our bodies were "before" photos—projects to be fixed. The Body Positivity movement reacted by rejecting that premise entirely, arguing that focusing on health metrics was often a Trojan horse for weight stigma. Corporations have commodified body positivity (e
To make this concrete, here is what a day might look like—not as a rigid template, but as an illustration of the philosophy in action. Corporations have commodified body positivity (e.g.