{"id":32361,"date":"2026-05-07T17:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=32361"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:04:21","slug":"confessions-of-a-former-body-positivity-influencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/05\/confessions-of-a-former-body-positivity-influencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many people on the internet quickly judge and scorn people with bigger bodies, thinking of them as lazy and less deserving of personhood. In response, many influencers promote body positivity, encouraging fat and obese people to love themselves at any size. However, loving yourself doesn&#8217;t always mean taking care of yourself. Instead of using positivity as simple encouragement, many people and influencers have taken body positivity as a message to ignore their health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more, watch the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXrGrsvR3wo?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201cRun for the hills\u201d<\/strong> mean?\u00a0<em>\u201cIt was actually something people found disgusting. \u201c<\/em><strong><em>Run for the hills<\/em><\/strong><em>. It\u2019s Fatzilla! \u201d\u00a0<\/em>Use this idiom in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201cstayed silent\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>mean?\u201c<em>I was scared to say the wrong thing, so I <\/em><strong><em>stayed silent<\/em><\/strong><em>..\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Use this expression in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>pariah<\/strong>\u201d mean?<em>\u00a0\u201cThe body positivity community branded me a <\/em><strong><em>pariah<\/em><\/strong><em>, and so I left.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Use this term in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In your opinion, are body positivity and healthy living able to coexist? If yes, how so?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you witnessed real examples of fatphobia for others or for yourself? 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