251 Is body positivity over? Beauty standards “whiplash”, why it’s happening and what it means for you

Body positivity, body acceptance and learning to love your body in the last few years felt like real progress - not perfect, but better than what we experienced in our teens and twenties. But you can’t have helped noticing that lately - skinny celebrities, impossible beauty standards and even microdosing of weight loss drugs is in.The pendulum has swung - hard and fast - and it feels like we've been transported back to the 90s. So is body positivity over? And what does the return of skinny mean for you?In this episode, I'm breaking down why this shift is happening now (spoiler: it's not just fashion), how beauty standards are designed to be unachievable, and why body acceptance is something we all need more of. If you've been feeling the pull to "get smaller" again, this one will give you a new lens to see it through.What we’ll cover:Why the return of skinny isn't random but strategic - beauty standards are designed to be unachievable and they shift when "normal" people get too close. When body positivity made bigger bodies acceptable, the goalpost moved again. Why body acceptance can be more helpful right now than body positivity - "love your body” doesn't land for a lot of women, while body acceptance just says make peace with where you are now and stop waiting to live your life until you're smaller.Diet culture is a distraction tool that keeps women small - politically, as well as physically - because when they have us obsessed with our bodies, scrolling before/after photos, caught in the diet-binge cycle, we’re not paying as much attention to the systems that are failing usNEXT:1. Join me inside The Body You’ll Love Living In to make peace with your body before summer arrives 2. Follow me on Instagram3. Share this with a friend who needs to hear it!