The newest version of body positivity suggests that people should love their bodies as long as they are healthy, a vague standard that fails to contend with historic prejudices within the medical profession. “It’s like, oh yeah, love yourself unless you aren’t healthy, then you need to work on your health. Or love yourself unless you’re too overweight. There are now a lot of conditions which pop up, which completely goes against the original ideas of the movement,” explains Ally Duvall. Exclusion based on body size, shape, color, and ability continues, just in a different shiny guise.
