Jia Tolentino

Why wouldn't you conform, right? Like it's.

Why wouldn't you conform, right? Like it's.

I mean, I mentioned earlier, like the little dove, every, you know, everyone is beautiful, like the beginning of the sort of corporatized body positivity movement. It seemed dangerous to me immediately because it seemed like, no, like actually beauty is this sort of arbitrary assignation based on people's conformity to market forces. It's not like it's not like a spiritual, moral thing. good.

I mean, I mentioned earlier, like the little dove, every, you know, everyone is beautiful, like the beginning of the sort of corporatized body positivity movement. It seemed dangerous to me immediately because it seemed like, no, like actually beauty is this sort of arbitrary assignation based on people's conformity to market forces. It's not like it's not like a spiritual, moral thing. good.

Like it was this whole thing that was really important to say that everyone was beautiful, as if to say everyone is good. And it was like, no, no, no, everyone is good and worthy. But perhaps that has nothing to do with beauty.

Like it was this whole thing that was really important to say that everyone was beautiful, as if to say everyone is good. And it was like, no, no, no, everyone is good and worthy. But perhaps that has nothing to do with beauty.

Yeah. And it seemed to me like perhaps it is just much more important to say like everyone is worthy and beauty is not as important as we ever thought it was at all. Like it's just this thing, right?

Yeah. And it seemed to me like perhaps it is just much more important to say like everyone is worthy and beauty is not as important as we ever thought it was at all. Like it's just this thing, right?

It's body neutrality, yeah.

It's body neutrality, yeah.

Yeah, and it just seemed like, oh, this is a thing that people are going to make a lot of money off of. Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, and it just seemed like, oh, this is a thing that people are going to make a lot of money off of. Yeah, for sure.

Okay, hold on. There's this ClickHole article from 2016 that the headline is, this plus size model was inspiring, but then she lost 100 pounds, which was also inspiring, even though she was already perfect before, but she's also perfect now. You know what I'm saying?

Okay, hold on. There's this ClickHole article from 2016 that the headline is, this plus size model was inspiring, but then she lost 100 pounds, which was also inspiring, even though she was already perfect before, but she's also perfect now. You know what I'm saying?

Like it's like this very like, and it's like this is the sort of circular hamster wheel that you get into when it's like everyone's beautiful, but also health is good. But also we love you no matter what you do. But also some choices are socially weighted and it's just so convoluted.

Like it's like this very like, and it's like this is the sort of circular hamster wheel that you get into when it's like everyone's beautiful, but also health is good. But also we love you no matter what you do. But also some choices are socially weighted and it's just so convoluted.

Yeah, I'm so far from that body. I don't look like Chris Evans. I'm so far from that. I think back to the LeBron thing, though, it's like, you know, he has very specific needs for physical performance for his body that all of us do not.

Yeah, I'm so far from that body. I don't look like Chris Evans. I'm so far from that. I think back to the LeBron thing, though, it's like, you know, he has very specific needs for physical performance for his body that all of us do not.

But I think it's an interesting thing to bring up because the question is, how does he need to live in and or change his body to do the things that he wants to do with it? Even that as a way that people would talk, even that would be just a really nice way for people to talk about it.

But I think it's an interesting thing to bring up because the question is, how does he need to live in and or change his body to do the things that he wants to do with it? Even that as a way that people would talk, even that would be just a really nice way for people to talk about it.