How The “Body Positivity” Movement Is Still Leaving Men Behind
Mar 04, 2021
Last weekend, Jonah Hill reshared a shirtless tabloid photo of himself to his Instagram, writing that he’s “37 and finally love and accept myself.” The Daily Mail published the shirtless pictures of Hill after he’d been surfing last Friday, the latest of many body-shaming pieces aimed at the actor, director, and comedian. It’s not just the Daily Mail, though. The media has treated Hill’s body as a punchline for over a decade while his occasional weight fluctuation is reported as a moral failure. With this considered, his response to the media, by way of an Instagram post, is a show of both strength and endurance. But it also shows how the mainstream “body positivity” movement still fails men. Read more at Highsnobiety.
