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Body Politics: What It Means and Why It Should Matter To You

Amapoundcake by Amapoundcake
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The body positivity movement has transformed lives and attitudes about how all bodies are beautiful and worthy of respect. It has empowered people to live in their bodies and love themselves unapologetically. But, what about body politics?

While body acceptance is needed, it lacks in addressing the social, political, and economic disadvantages of living in a marginalized body.

Last summer, the death of George Floyd, Toni Mcdade, and Breonna Taylor challenged society to start thinking about #BlackLivesMatter and Black Americansโ€™ right to exist without experiencing violence.

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There have been years of violence and neglect of the issues that impact bodies. Body positivity is necessary for some, but everyone must begin to develop a body politic that addresses gender, race, size, and ability.

Society tells us how to treat people based on their bodies. There is an expectation for people with marginalized bodies to perform and behave in ways that are assigned to them by society based on their bodies.

โ€œIโ€™ve been fat my whole adult life, and even when I wasnโ€™t โ€œfatโ€ in high school, I was labeled as such. Iโ€™ve been consistently fighting societal norms, to prove to others that my body doesnโ€™t determine my worth, and should not now or ever dictate the level of care I should receive from a doctorโ€ฆโ€

Aby Deal, Body Positive Advocate

Little People of Atlanta star, Abira created the hashtag #NormalizeDwarfism last summer to educate average height people about dwarfism.ย 

Abira Greene

In September 2020, Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduced the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act in Congress as a response to the long history of medical discrimination that Black and non-Black people of color face.

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Demetria โ€œDemiโ€ Jackson

In an interview with Demetria โ€œDemiโ€ Jackson, Wardrobe Stylist, she explains her experience with physicians as a Black woman with Sickle Cell, โ€œthey all have this perception of what I should look like or the weight that I need to lose compared to what I actually want for myself. This can be a bit of a concern for a person like me specifically because stress can trigger sickle cell pain crises.โ€

The way your body is perceived will have an implication on the type of health care you receive and will result in death.ย 

Like Serena, I almost died of massive blood clots in my lungs and legs. The doctors initially said I just needed to lose weight. It wasnโ€™t until my blood pressure crashed to 60/20 that they finally accepted something was wrong. I was in the ICU 12 days.

โ€” Helena Hamilton (@TweetlySaved) October 4, 2018

Body Politics Impact Us All

Marquisele Mercedes, a researcher at the University of Missouriโ€™s Center for Body Image Research and Policy, is working on understanding how all women are impacted by body image, weight discrimination, and health care believes that โ€œBody politics is all about power. Itโ€™s about how somebodies, by virtue of their different characteristics, have more power than other bodies.โ€œ


Body politics requires everyone to assess not only their disadvantages due to the bodies they live in but also its advantages. Kimberle Crenshaw created the term intersectionality โ€œto describe the way peopleโ€™s social identities can overlap.โ€

The cycle of inequalities thrives by โ€œall bodies matteringโ€ these issues without addressing the harm that some bodies experience.

If you look at body politics, you can see the worldโ€™s history in how we look and feel about different bodies. Some people experience job, housing, and medical discrimination because of their bodies.

Body politics impacts everyone and everyone needs a body politic.

Have you heard of the term โ€œBody Politicsโ€ before? What are your thoughts on it now that you know a bit more about it?

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  1. Hilda says:
    4 years ago

    Great read!!

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    • Amapoundcake says:
      4 years ago

      Thank you for reading!

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  2. Jae says:
    4 years ago

    Thanks for this read!

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    • Amapoundcake says:
      4 years ago

      Anytime!

      Reply
  3. Nikeem says:
    4 years ago

    Good read!!

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  4. Nikeem Pearson says:
    4 years ago

    Good read!!

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    • Amapoundcake says:
      4 years ago

      So glad you loved it!

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