Lizzo On Politicizing Selfies And Body Positivity

In a current interview with The Lower centered round her involvement in Dove’s Self-Esteem Undertaking, Lizzo talked about her ideas on points surrounding the body-positivity motion.

“There’s even quite a lot of very triggering and fat-phobic behaviors which have come from the body-positive motion,” she stated. “There are issues like physique checking, and evaluating sizes, or shaming sides.”

“Like, ‘Oh, it is midsize ladies’ flip; large ladies, you have had your second.’ Huh?”

“It is not a couple of second. It is about this method that oppresses large our bodies,” she continued. “Folks [need to] perceive the gravity of this motion and honor the rationale why it was created.”

“Don’t be like, ‘Cute. I’m gonna love myself right now, and that’s physique positivity.’ It’s extra like, ‘No, I’m gonna love myself and thank goodness for the fats ladies who paved the best way and have been vocal about it.'”

Lizzo additionally talked about her relationship to social media, in addition to the reactions she typically will get from posting photos of herself.

“I hope that I can publish the sorts of supplies that I publish, displaying my physique and displaying my rolls or no matter. And individuals are similar to, ‘Okay. Stunning image. Subsequent.’ As an alternative of, like, ‘Oh my gosh, a full-figured physique. How strikingly political!'”

“It don’t gotta be all of that! That’s the place I’m going with body-normative-speak.”

“I don’t know precisely the main points of what physique neutrality is,” she stated at one other level within the interview. “However once I say I simply need to be physique normative, I’m not making an attempt to create an entire new motion.”

“I simply imply what you’re taking a look at is regular. Let’s cease speaking about it. ‘That is my physique, nothing to see right here. Hold it transferring.'”