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Body positive, five years later: "We gave the impression that accepting each other was easy"

2023-01-14T05:21:16.791Z


Five years after the beginnings of the movement, three very concerned influencers deliver their experience and their feelings.


Elsa Wolinski, journalist, creator of the solidarity clothing brand sisterhoood @sisterhoodbywolinski

Elsa Wolinski Screenshot @sisterhoodbywolinski/Instagram


“During confinement, I was influenced by the young generation of social networks: Marion Séclin, Amal Tahir… These young women, thin or round, spoke and staged themselves.

I who spent my life telling myself: "I don't like myself, I'm fat...", I saw younger girls who told me that in fact, I was just normal, that you can be beautiful with its complexes.

It was liberating.

This way of seeing things deconstructed me to better rebuild myself.

I'm going to be 49, we're not from the same generation, but thanks to them, I manage to feel good.

I saw that there were plenty of people like me.

We feel less alone and we put things into perspective.

Ever bothered?

No never.

Storytelling is a family tradition.

My father did it in his drawings,

my mother in her books.

The only thing I pay attention to is with my children.

My daughters said to me, "You do what you want, but you don't put your boobs on Insta, because the whole school is watching."

My censorship is them.

And since they are very well behaved and body positive…, I don't have a lot of them.

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Julie Bourges, content creator and author of

Every day counts

, @douzefevrier

Julie Bourges Douzefévrier photo instagram


“When I started on Instagram at the end of 2015, we weren't talking about body positive.

The networks were the showcase of a dream life.

As a teenager, I was badly burned and I felt the need to display my scars, to use a screen to face the gaze.

I felt very alone, because severe burns were and remain a big taboo.

It's not just them who found themselves in my speech: we all have our complexes, our struggles.

Networks were then my therapy.

But the drift is that self-acceptance has become a trend.

Highlighting its difference, a game to match with a subject that works.

Brands and many influencers have understood this.

And with this movement, we gave the impression that accepting each other was easy.

My relationship with my scars is far from linear: there are days with and without.

It's not enough to put glitter on it to come off.

What I regret is that it has almost become a complex to have one.

Together, we fight against the diktats of the fantasized beauty of magazines

Amal Tahir, digital designer and author

Amal Tahir, digital creator and author, @amaltahir and amaltahir.com

Amal Tahir Photo Instagram

“To me, the body positive movement is totally… positive.

I am 27 years old, but when I was a teenager, I was very hard on my body because, at the time, Kate Moss was considered the ideal woman.

This caused me many eating disorders.

Then I started on Insta, when I was a midwifery assistant.

I started talking about the body, gynecology, sexuality… Then I had the idea of ​​drawing inspiration from the curvy American model, Ashley Graham.

Like her, I photographed myself to show my outfits.

They started to think I was pretty.

One thing leading to another, I became an inspiring woman despite my curves.

I gained confidence and made friends.

We go on vacation together.

We exchange our clothes.

Together,

we fight against the diktats of the fantasized beauty of magazines.

Sometimes there are scenes that amuse me.

When I go into a shop and choose a tight dress, often the saleswoman offers me another model.

There, I refuse to submit.

If something pleases you, you will wear it with pride, you will be sunny and you will have a good day.

Yasmine, content creator, image coach and author, @ely_killeuse and sayyas-conseil.com

Yasmine, @ely_killeuse, author of

Body Positive Attitude

(Éditions Marabout), has long chained diets.

Before discovering on the English-speaking networks the body positive, which she adopted immediately.

More than a philosophy, it has become the basis of a new coaching activity with his agency SayYas.

“This concept has changed a lot of things.

Sometimes at the risk of becoming a new injunction: we must love each other at all costs.

Hence the emergence of body neutrality, where the body is no longer a subject.

In any case, the revolution is underway for the youngest.

“If Generation Z is more liberated and can talk about periods as well as acne, so much the better.

It can save them precious time to come to terms with their bodies and simply enjoy life.”

Moreover, the women she accompanies are often older.

“I advise them not to hide their complexes anymore but to draw attention to what they love.

On social networks, follow accounts and like the photos that make you feel good.

Kindness attracts kindness.”

Source: lefigaro

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