
The body positive movement: an injunction that doesn't say its name?
Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities
With Marie de Brauer (author, director, presenter) and Jennifer Padjemi (journalist and writer)
Moderator: Judith Duportail
With the participation of Amélie Lavin, head curator of the Bodies, Appearances, Sexualities department at the Mucem.
Lizzo, Ashley Graham, Yseult, Barbara Butch… Body positive icons seem to be distancing themselves from the movement. What’s the verdict on this trend, which aims to encourage women to accept their physical appearance and break away from clearly patriarchal, Western beauty diktats? Does it really do any good? Aren’t the media, brands and advertisements turning it into a marketing tool? An injunction that can also be guilt-inducing? What are the nuances of the fat acceptance movement? And what about men?
With Marie de Brauer (author, director, presenter) and Jennifer Padjemi (journalist and writer)
Moderator: Judith Duportail
With the participation of Amélie Lavin, head curator of the Bodies, Appearances, Sexualities department at the Mucem.
Lizzo, Ashley Graham, Yseult, Barbara Butch… Body positive icons seem to be distancing themselves from the movement. What’s the verdict on this trend, which aims to encourage women to accept their physical appearance and break away from clearly patriarchal, Western beauty diktats? Does it really do any good? Aren’t the media, brands and advertisements turning it into a marketing tool? An injunction that can also be guilt-inducing? What are the nuances of the fat acceptance movement? And what about men?



