Pear-shaped women have slimmer torsos and larger bottoms, which gives the illusion of a pear, or a larger Coca-Cola bottle. Within the movement to recognize larger bodies as worthy of better clothing and legal protections, the pear shape reigns supreme. It has, in many ways, become a new body ideal. As Refinery29’s senior writer Kelsey Miller noted, pear-shaped women were “neither aspirational nor repellent, but normal.” Now, it’s normal to see plus-size women in two-piece swimsuits on the beach, social media, and in fashion campaigns. That’s the power of the body-positive movement, so why not use that collective energy to center women who’ve felt ostracized because of their size and their shape? It’s possible to normalize different kinds of bodies. It has happened before. So, in 2017, can the body-positive movement stop focusing so much on pear-shaped bodies? It’s time.
title: “The Body Positive Movement Must Stop Focusing On Pear Shapes” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-07” author: “Russell Plaskett”
Pear-shaped women have slimmer torsos and larger bottoms, which gives the illusion of a pear, or a larger Coca-Cola bottle. Within the movement to recognize larger bodies as worthy of better clothing and legal protections, the pear shape reigns supreme. It has, in many ways, become a new body ideal. As Refinery29’s senior writer Kelsey Miller noted, pear-shaped women were “neither aspirational nor repellent, but normal.” Now, it’s normal to see plus-size women in two-piece swimsuits on the beach, social media, and in fashion campaigns. That’s the power of the body-positive movement, so why not use that collective energy to center women who’ve felt ostracized because of their size and their shape? It’s possible to normalize different kinds of bodies. It has happened before. So, in 2017, can the body-positive movement stop focusing so much on pear-shaped bodies? It’s time.
title: “The Body Positive Movement Must Stop Focusing On Pear Shapes” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-11” author: “Lamar Gerber”
Pear-shaped women have slimmer torsos and larger bottoms, which gives the illusion of a pear, or a larger Coca-Cola bottle. Within the movement to recognize larger bodies as worthy of better clothing and legal protections, the pear shape reigns supreme. It has, in many ways, become a new body ideal. As Refinery29’s senior writer Kelsey Miller noted, pear-shaped women were “neither aspirational nor repellent, but normal.” Now, it’s normal to see plus-size women in two-piece swimsuits on the beach, social media, and in fashion campaigns. That’s the power of the body-positive movement, so why not use that collective energy to center women who’ve felt ostracized because of their size and their shape? It’s possible to normalize different kinds of bodies. It has happened before. So, in 2017, can the body-positive movement stop focusing so much on pear-shaped bodies? It’s time.
