Let’s Talk About The Body Positivity Angle In Tallulah Willis’ Bikini Snap On IG.

I found this post from Tallulah Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore) really interesting in light of the whole body positivity movement.

Behold:

 

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2020 energy is all about 👏🏻FEEEELIN👏🏻THE👏🏻SKEEN👏🏻IM👏🏻IN👏🏻 every bit of it and not apologizing for taking up space — butbutbut it also means gaining a liddddo bit more padding on this flesh suit, peering deeper into my more icky demons and being responsible for what I put out into the ether. My confidence (which was patched together through long years of grasping for self acceptance) blooms from what I’m most proud of, my heart and my spirit. However in an effort to claim possession over all parts of myself, I believe I unconsciously misstep by showing images of a bod I am aware that can be considered underweight. It’s where I’m at and I don’t want to hide myself in shame, but I also know that in my journey of healing I want to practice deeper awareness. I am just a gentle human doing my truest best and I only desire to walk into this sexy ass decade with compassion and transparency. 🙃🦀🦇 if you struggle with any element of the viciousness of this stuff, please know you are not alone. The National Eating Disorder Hotline – 1-800-931-2237

A post shared by tallulah (@buuski) on Dec 31, 2019 at 6:51pm PST

Good for her. I mean, yes – her post is super hippy dippy, but you know what’s great about it? She is doing the kind of body positivity where she owns her struggle, shares it with others in order to inspire people to seek help if they need it, and still puts out a message of self-love – all in one post.

That’s a big difference from the kind of body positivity posts that we see in far greater numbers – you know the ones I’m talking about.

 

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#respectmycurves #fullfigured #bodypositive #beautyhasnosize #modeloplussize #plussize #plusmodels #fullfiguredfierce #thickwoman #modeloplus #curvyandproud #bodypositivity #curvyrevolution #thickthighsprettyeyes #plussizemodels #fullfiguredfashion #fullfiguredmodel #curvyfashion #ilovemycurves #honormycurves #embraceyourself #ameenachubbycutie #thickwomen #psfashion #boldandcurvy #plussizeclothing #plussizeinfluencer #stylehasnosize #plussizebeauty #positivebodyimage

A post shared by Ameena (@ameenaasianbbw) on Jan 1, 2020 at 8:17am PST

Did you get a load of those hashtags? Do you see the difference I’m talking about now?  Extremes in either direction are negative, but in Tallulah’s post, she’s not hashtagging #respectmybones or #anorexicfierce or #honormybones or #boldandbony or #bonyandproud or #bonyrevolution.  She’s recognizing that she is an unhealthy weight, and she’s not encouraging people to follow her example or to be proud of being underweight – she’s encouraging them to SEEK HELP to address the problem.  Just like she is.

That’s way more body positive, if you ask me.

If you missed our podcast about the body positivity movement, you can catch up right here!

Listen to “Ep. 20: Let’s Stop Pretending that Obesity Is a Positive Thing” on Spreaker.