Latino: body-positivity backlash reveals a double standard
Founder and CEO, Magnolia Tribune
“If women are supposed to be proud of their bodies, that principle has to include women whose bodies other people happen to find attractive.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Sydney Sweeney, Novig ad, and body positivity's double standard
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Magnolia Tribune op-ed by Russ Latino defending Sweeney via a body-positivity double-standard argument.
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Op-ed responding to the backlash over the Novig ad.
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No further public follow-up had been reported as of this writing.
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Defended or excused
Case context: Sydney Sweeney’s Novig "Just Sports" ad draws backlash over sexualizing women’s sport
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Latino explicitly defends Sweeney's choice to appear in the ad, arguing the backlash reveals a hypocritical double standard relative to other body-positivity campaigns.
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Sydney Sweeney’s Novig "Just Sports" ad draws backlash over sexualizing women’s sport
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