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Originating from the fat acceptance movement of the 1960s and 1970s (e.g., the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance), body positivity sought to challenge systemic weight discrimination and the moralization of thinness. By the 2010s, it gained mainstream traction via social media hashtags like #BodyPositivity and #EffYourBeautyStandards.

Furthermore, both movements struggle with intersectionality. Naturism in the US and Europe remains predominantly White, middle-class, and able-bodied. The body of a fat Black woman or a transgender individual with surgical scars may face social rejection in a naturist space just as it does in textile spaces, despite the stated philosophy. Originating from the fat acceptance movement of the