Body positivity was not born in a yoga studio. It was born in the radical fat acceptance movement of the 1960s, led by queer, fat, Black women who were tired of being invisible. It was a demand for dignity, access to healthcare, and the simple right to exist in public without harassment. It was, at its core, a justice movement.
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