What a ridiculous comment. There’s nothing normal or relatable about morbid obesity.I'm surprised it took so many years for her to morph from a relatable normal looking girl next door, to pandering to the skinny look that is demanded from the music industry to look like so many others.
I guess we still have Lizzo and Meghan Trainor.
The “skinny look” that you mention is simply a healthy weight. The obesity crisis - with 70% of people being overweight or obese - has distorted people’s perspectives so severely that they now believe obese looks normal and healthy, and that normal and healthy looks malnourished.
Good for Adele for taking care of her health, whichever method she used. She has now decreased her risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and even dying of covid.
I used to be very underweight, and I have been picked on my whole life. It was brutal and happened with far greater frequency than fat girls suffered. What made it worse was that both friends and foes feel entitled to insult you when you’re skinny.I struggle with body image and body weight issues. I fluctuate between an size 8 to size 14. Binging, staving and puking for the past 15 years. I only say fat not to be horrible but as the body posi community are offended by the term obese . (Which is baffling as it’s a medical term, but there we go). I used to be a proud body posi member when trying to get better, but it’s so toxic, some with a big following declare they need to lose weight to be comfortable and feel they can’t as they will be shamed. Like duck off, it’s a body, it’s weight, it just adds to people’s problems and existing mental health disorders. She looks good, big or small. Can’t do right from doing wrong in this day and age. ESP movements that shame others for having a few less chins.
I agree the body posi movement is hypocritical and toxic. It’s also delusional. Not everything is beautiful.
I prefer body neutrality and self-kindness over self-love, which means it doesn’t matter if you’re unattractive, because looks are unimportant. It’s much easier and less pressure than deluding yourself into thinking you’re beautiful and fabulous, and loving yourself.
(Still trying to accept my acne though, so I’m not there yet!)
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