#partially from tags on prev post lol

[brookheimer]

if your ‘body positivity’ is “i’m sexy too” and not “why is my worth premised on my desirability” then it’s not actually positive. you are not revolutionary. you are not questioning or dismantling anything or bringing society closer to some utopian ideal of equality — you are trying to expand the hierarchy of beauty standards to include you. you are maintaining the beauty value system in the hopes of one day fitting within it. and that’s fine, we all do it (or, at least, i know i do), but you have to be aware that what you’re doing is not protesting against the unattainable ideals of beauty that govern our society, but trying to broaden said ideals so people might see you as having attained them