self-acceptance
Americannoun
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"I was particularly shocked by the recommendations for combating obesity, which did not mention the effect of MMS on adipose tissue but only affirmed self-acceptance combined with stigmatization of obesity," she says.
From Science Daily
Fans have spoken of how the film's empowering themes of self-acceptance, community, and fighting against inner "demons" resonated with them.
From BBC
In public settings, with friends and colleagues, she spoke easily about self-acceptance and loving yourself as you are.
Discomfort with one’s body was increasingly reframed by clinicians and activists as a psychological flaw, and the desire for physical change treated with suspicion, as if it betrayed a lack of self-acceptance.
Even saying “I want to be healthier,” or “I don’t like how I feel physically,” often led to a redirection toward “self-acceptance.”
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