body positivity Archives

Opinion | The body positivity movement is for all sizes, but not for smaller sizes to take over

By Livia LaMarca, Senior Staff Columnist • October 11, 2022

While the movement is for all shapes and sizes, its purpose is to empower fat people and foster equality among sizes.

Opinion | Calling a woman “brave” for posting photos of her body is not a compliment

By Remy Samuels, Staff Columnist • November 11, 2020

We need to stop using language, particularly toward women, that enforces this ideal that being skinny is the norm and that having a bigger body is something to be ashamed of.

Opinion | More male representation needed in body positivity movement

By Paige Lawler, For The Pitt News • September 16, 2019

In order to help rectify these consequences, it is vital that men be equally represented in the body positivity movement.

Opinion | Summer bodies do not require body transformation or weight loss

By Anne Marie Yurik, Staff Columnist • July 16, 2019

Nobody needs to alter, change or conceal their natural shape simply because it is summertime.

Send nudes: student artist draws on body positivity

By Sarah Morris / Staff Writer • October 5, 2017

Every couple of weeks, more than 100 people scroll through their Instagram feeds and see a penciled sketch of a woman’s body accompanied by a short description about body positivity by user takeback_thenude. Sarah...