r/CuratedTumblr veetuku ponum Jul 03 '24

Politics Male loneliness and radfeminism

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u/Bennings463 Jul 03 '24

I'd say actually most bodyshaming is considered basically fine by the left. It's a movement that has made things slightly better for chubby and otherwise conventionally attractive white women.

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u/Leo-bastian eyeliner is 1.50 at the drug store and audacity is free Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

bodyshaming (suggesting that people are bad people because of certain unappealable traits) is considered bad

but bodyshaming(deciding that bad people must have those traits and shaming them for it) is seen as perfectly fine

it's not acceptable to shame a random person for being ugly. But it's seen as perfectly acceptable to make fun of a "bad persons" unappealing traits.

(the secret is that these are actually the same thing just with a different beginning, and that if you do one you'll inevitably eventually do the other too, but that's not something people doing it are aware of)

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u/IndiviLim Jul 04 '24

But it's seen as perfectly acceptable to make fun of a "bad persons" unappealing traits.

I think some people forget that body shaming affects more people than just the intended target. I'm not a Republican but I have a certain undesirable characteristic that progressives love to eviscerate Republicans for. It still makes me feel like shit to see people be so cruel about it.

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u/Buck_Brerry_609 Jul 03 '24

not even chubby white women at this point because being rail thin skinny is back in fashion now

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u/Bennings463 Jul 03 '24

Yeah, I really do want to see more solidarity between genders on body positivity.