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Jillian Michaels

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Nice to meet you.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

So I think the language there is a little bit tone deaf just because I actually believe that gym talk, diet culture oversimplifies eating disorders.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Two separate issues though.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Both can be true at the same time.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Both can be true as in?

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

As in you could absolutely be making, first of all, gym talk should have nothing to do with eating disorders.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

So you're right.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

But it's a separate issue than the claim I'm making.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

How is it separate?

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Okay, so you're saying gym talk oversimplifies trauma and eating disorders, right?

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Well, not just gym talk, but just the way that our youth, all of us are

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

we are all exposed to that, like we can't just avoid it.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

And when you see- It's still a separate issue though.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

I'm trying to say that the ways body positivity suggests people deal with body issues and trauma

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

is an oversimplification, and it has to do with things like intuitive eating principles that get misrepresented by influencers.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Okay, I can definitely agree with that.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Unfortunately, you and I are so far on the same page.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Well, the way I see it is that body positivity is actually the bridge between health experts and anybody else, really.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Explain it.

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Jillian Michaels vs 20 Body Positivity Activists

Because I think that...