HIGHER REACHES ANSWERS: Is body positivity toxic? Why Lizzo and Jameela Jamil are championing body neutrality [May 25, 2021]
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1. B
2. Body positivity means loving one’s body regardless of what it looks like, while body neutrality focuses on what one’s body can do rather than what it looks like.
3. D
4. (i) c
(ii) a
(iii) d
5. It started as part of the fat acceptance movement from the 1960s for people in marginalised bodies, and has since been commercialised and commandeered by smaller-bodied influencers.
6. A
7. (i) F
(ii) T
(iii) NG
(iv) T
8. C
9. Body acceptance and body liberation, because there are no standards assigned to these terms.
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