Thickleeyonce accused of body shaming skinny women
"The body positive movement is not for slim bodies," Thickleeyonce wrote on Twitter.
Thickleeyonce caused an uproar on Twitter this week when she claimed that slim women are not part of the body-positive movement.
The social media influencer made the comments while commenting on a post shared by British Glamour praising women for sharing "Instagram VS reality" posts.
"The body positive movement is not for slim bodies already accepted by society. Stop this," she tweeted.
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This is a mid-sized woman, with flabby arms and a jiggly thighs. She isn't thin, why can't she be used on an article about imperfections?
— Madikizela (@ShreksBeloved) September 1, 2020
Slim girls didn't centre themselves, ThickLeeyonce just dragged slim girls into this unprovoked
I will die on this hill! pic.twitter.com/rfvu4mnLh3
Many took offence to Thickleeyonce's remarks and questioned why slim women couldn't be part of the body-positive movement.
"Your problem is that you want to embrace being thick by bashing skinny women. Please heal because you are the one with a problem," one Twitter user wrote.
Another user added: "You can’t preach body positivity while invalidating other body types pls."
Some reminded the plus-size model about negative comments she made about skinny women over the years.
I knew that something was sketchy about this gyel #thickleeyonce pic.twitter.com/Rt9VBmPfXe
— Brown Skin Popping I'm ROOTED 🤎✊🏽 (@_vuyomtheths) September 1, 2020
I haven't even read what the initial tweet was and why it led to #Thickleeyonce trending. But as a woman who's skinny and been shamed enough to dislike my weight, I cannot believe another woman could say something so cruel. Body shaming has no size! Shame on you @ThickLeeyonce pic.twitter.com/t0akO9qnVs
— uThobekile (@Village_Gherl) September 1, 2020
@ThickLeeyonce and her goons are really showing that they don’t even understand what they “stand” for. Sad. Read. Don’t just speak #thickleeyonce and don’t let your inability to apologize for being wrong make you look even more stupid🤡 pic.twitter.com/AA1K8vE4OH
— Celiwe Mhlungu (@CeliweNgwane) September 1, 2020
#Thickleeyonce read the comments so you can get a better understanding,before hopping on the bandwagon https://t.co/XqaVozI3a8
— LadyMentor (@whocute21) September 1, 2020
Body positivity is for everyone, every single person. The whole movement advocates the acceptance of all bodies regardless of physical ability, size, gender, race, or appearance. Please don’t let anyone police what you can and cannot be positive about, it’s not their place.
— Reba (@RebaMokgoko) September 1, 2020
But many people also came to Thickleeyonce's defence.
"Okay.@ThickLeeyonce is right. The body positivity MOVEMENT vs being body positive is different. You can be body positive and skinny but the movement itself was created for fat women. Being fat was literally institutionalised as being unattractive. Not sure why people are touched," one woman wrote.
Okay. @ThickLeeyonce is right. The body positivity MOVEMENT vs being body positive is different. You can be body positive and skinny but the movement itself was created for fat women. Being fat was literally institutionalised as being unattractive. Not sure why people are touched
— Lerato 🇿🇦🇿🇦 (@lato_kort) September 1, 2020
She's right though, slim bodies are not under any attack,,, they never needed confidence to be praised,,,, magazines and society made them a standard
— Raymond Monty Maboea (@RayMaboya) September 1, 2020
The same cannot be said about what she represents
I stand with Thickleeyonce on this one https://t.co/dQxD4Fx7k9
Body positivity has roots in the fat liberation/acceptance movement. It was initially meant for fat people. It's just totally ahistorical to say "but it's meant for everyone" when that's literally not why it was created. https://t.co/Ce2GuTAvpC
— domesticated bisexual (@sianfergs) September 1, 2020
Thickleeyonce, whose account is currently private, said it was not her intention to shame skinny women.
"No one was body shaming slim girls beloved. I was highlighting the fact that the body positivity movement is being hijacked by people who are already accepted in society and subsequently pushing out the people it was originally meant for which is fat people."
She added that all women should be comfortable in their skin, "however, it’s not a secrete that slimmer bodies have more privileges than fat bodies. Fatphobia is systemic hence the start of the body positivity movement."
Thickleeyonce also tweeted an apology.
"I’m sorry if you feel like I’m being off or weird or I’m attacking you, that’s not my intention. It’s not a skinny vs fat fight, it’s literally just fat bodies asking to get the same respect and acceptance as smaller bodies.”