There’s a new body-positive movement that’s taking over social media. It’s called #BigThighTwitter and WE ARE LOVING IT.
RT @jojobaoilhoney: Just checkin in 📍 #BigThighTwitter https://t.co/Ch5H297Jwd
— ViShion Jahvis Jean 🇭🇹 (@Stevil_5G) March 23, 2017
In response to former conventional and entirely arbitrary measures of “beauty” such as the thigh gap, people are posting photos of their self-proclaimed “big thighs” as a response to formerly accepted standards and into radical self-acceptance and body diversity.
I have got to take better thirst traps, but… #BigThighTwitter lmfao pic.twitter.com/Y7qdI9fz0B
— Mel (@TheBaddestMitch) March 23, 2017
For the record, thigh gap or not, there’s nothing wrong with anybody’s body. However your body is built is beautiful. The movement has been picked up so much that the hashtag #BigThighTwitter trended on Twitter yesterday!
Though this is progress, it’s definitely not the first time that a movement like this got popular. Last year, “mermaid thighs” trended with a similar message. There have also been trends like #ThighsForJeaux and #BellyJelly where everyone posted photos of their stomachs of all different shapes and sizes.
https://twitter.com/simimoonlight/status/845002348351098888
This sort of representation is rare and we feel that it’s incredibly important that we continue to celebrate these representations. So join us and #BigThighTwitter in celebrating your curves today!
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