The reblogs on the chubby ballerina picture have got me sad. Lots of talk of how she’s a REAL woman and she’s better than any skinny ballerina. Body positivity, you’re doin’ it wrong.
The point isn’t that she’s better, it’s that her body isn’t a factor in how good she is or how “real” she is. We have a still photograph, so we don’t even know how good she is. All we can say is that she isn’t worse based on her body. A good ballet dancer is a good ballet dancer no matter what she looks like, fat or skinny. And while we’re all entitled to our preferences about which we find more attractive, no one is objectively better or worse.
Appreciating one person doesn’t require insulting someone else. Cut it out.
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