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Digital #BodyPosi Movement
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Activist Linda Bacon launches the Health At Every Size Movement
Linda Bacon, a body positivity activist, launches the HAES's webpage and spurs a digital activist movement encouraging people and medical practitioners to stop using weight and BMI as the sole barometers of health. Here is the HAES website. -
Proud2BeMe launches its webpage
Body positivity support network Proud2BeMe, part of the National Eating Disorder Association's network, launches digitally in the Netherlands and spreads to the US. More information is available here. -
thebodypositive.org goes digital
The Body Positive, an activist and support group founded in 1996, debuts their webpage and creates an online presence. More information about The Body Positive can be found here. -
Letter to Abercrombie CEO from Jes Baker
Blogger Jes Baker from The Militant Baker makes a splash in the body positive bloggging community by writing an open letter to Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries about his fatphobic policies and remarks. -
Plus-size model makes history
BodyPosi activist, blogger, and plus-size model Tess Holliday makes history by being the first plus-size model at a size 22 to be signed to a major modeling agency. Here is an article about her accomplishment and body positive stance.
