Body Positivity

What is body shaming?

the practice of making critical, potentially humiliating
comments about a person’s body size or weight.
What are the different forms of body
shaming?
● Criticizing someone else’s appearance with their
knowledge
● Criticizing someone else’s appearance without their
knowledge
● Criticizing one’s own appearance
What has contributed to body shaming/
Why do people body shame?
Who are the possible victims of body
shaming?
What are the effects of body shaming?
Body Positivity
The Body Positive Movement is a movement that encourages people
to adopt more forgiving and affirming attitudes towards their bodies,
with the goal of improving overall health and well-being.
Artist - Allison Tunis

● works with high-risk youth to create

art in a therapeutic and activist
context, as well as creating work
focusing on body diversity and
reducing weight-based stigma

● Her pieces question our society’s

obsession with aesthetic beauty and
body conformity, while exploring
her own struggle with body image.